Discover the extraordinary story of Robert Smalls, a former slave who became a hero during the Civil War. Learn how his actions changed the course of the war.

Four score and five years after the founding of the American republic, disunion and civil war threatened what President Abraham Lincoln called “the fate of these United States.” Akin to the Revolution ...

The lunchtime crowd received a history lesson on counterfeiting from retired U.S. Secret Service agent Julie Ferrell. The ...

It was a week before Thanksgiving Day in 1963. I was halfway through my shift at the punch press at Waterloo Register. A manager came up to me on the assembly line and said, “JFK was shot.”  I was 30 ...

On October 15, 1860, a few weeks before Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States, Grace Bedell sent him a ...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that white men of a certain religion are responsible for so much damage just ...

By the 1930s and 1940s, Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal was described as “a march toward fascism,” and his court-packing plan ...

Opposition parties, the judiciary, the press, and civil-society groups aren’t destroyed, but over time they lose their life, ...

After serving as an aide to Vice President Walter Mondale, he spent 17 years at the forefront of the fight to save numerous ...

Randy Duncan is all business when he dons his top hat and emerges from his car dressed as Abraham Lincoln. He’ll drive here again for the annual Lincoln’s Lebanon Civil War Reenactment and Military ...

Long before the Trump Administration's efforts to mute the history of U.S. slavery, Congress banned discussion of the topic.

Freedom of speech, a fundamental human right, is paramount to a healthy democracy and a free society. The free exchange of ideas holds leaders accountable and empowers individuals to participate in ...