We know a lot about Abraham Lincoln, but who was Vinnie Ream, the teenager who sculpted him for the U.S. Capitol Rotunda?

In politics, stumping refers to an act of campaigning for office by traveling and speaking. A stump speech is a standard repeatable address that a candidate delivers many times introducing themselves ...

The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation can help us predict how the Supreme Court will likely rule on birthright ...

In “Born Equal,” Akhil Reed Amar paints a sprawling portrait of 19th-century America in thrall to its founding moment.

In correspondence with a passionate abolitionist in London, the great American orator didn't hold back when talking about the ...

This new volume focuses on how the best minds of the “Second Founding” generation saved the Union and improved the Constitution. Mr. Amar continues his documentary approach, filling his book with the ...

In our era, they might seem like performative gestures for the president. A quiet visit with the wife of a wounded soldier. A conversation with a battlefield nurse or a kitchen worker. A hand extended ...