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

Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

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

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

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

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Lincoln’s presidency is too often reduced to its most dramatic acts: the Emancipation Proclamation, the expansion of federal authority, the conduct of ...

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

D.C. Emancipation Day celebrations continue, with a parade, festival, and concert commemorating the end of slavery in the ...

President Abraham Lin­coln signs a bill ending slavery in Washington, D.C. Approximately nine months later he would issue the ...

It includes for the first time, six documents such as the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation, which can removed and framed. This is the best introduction to Lincoln for those who ...

A pair of blood-stained white kid-leather gloves carried by the president during the night of his assassination on April 14, ...

Among other items from his presidency is a pocket-sized edition of the Emancipation Proclamation, which was handed out to Black Union soldiers. The auction of Lincoln ephemera comes at a time of ...