DC was only part of the U.S. to pay off slave owners for freeing enslaves persons they held.

Next month, history buffs will have the opportunity to bid on the gloves that President Lincoln wore on the night of his ...

Next month, history buffs will have the opportunity to bid on the gloves that President Lincoln wore on the night of his ...

In 2025, D.C. is celebrating 20 years of officially observing the holiday. A parade, festival, concert and fireworks will ...

Which brings us to Abraham Lincoln ... And yet, less than a year later, Lincoln issued his own Emancipation Proclamation. What changed? Not his principles. Not his commitment to constitutional ...

The holiday has long served as a reminder of D.C.’s lack of statehood. Trump’s attacks on policies and ideology promoting ...

The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin. As a student of leadership, I found it one of the most insightful books on the theme. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and ...

The recently published Abraham Lincoln: His 1858 Time Capsule ... six documents such as the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation, which can removed and framed.

On April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery in Washington ... Act do and how is it different from the Emancipation Proclamation? The DC Compensated Emancipation Act of 1862 ...