Two months after the war ended, Confederate soldiers destroyed a fleet of Yankee ships, which were harvesting bowhead whales ...

Released in 1915, the film was directed by Francis Ford, the brother of famed filmmaker John Ford. It had been listed in a record of 7,200 silent films classified as "lost" ...

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

A 90-minute walking tour details the city’s role in promoting slavery throughout the South and the driving force of faith to survive and triumph over it.

Lincoln’s time as a young man on the make had made him think hard about the relationship between Americans and their ...

This is the first part of a two-part series about Lincoln School and the anniversary of integration in Richmond. The end of ...

This is the week we recall the birth of Abraham Lincoln. Although we don’t single out his birthday as a nation any longer, ...

Lincoln was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky, in 1809. When he was 22, he moved to New Salem, Illinois. In 1834, he was elected ...

With all the tumult surrounding the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term, there is once again an uptick in talk ...

Abraham Lincoln, celebrated on his 216th birthday, left a significant impact as the 16th President of the US. Not only known ...

President Donald Trump puts himself in a class above the two greatest presidents in U.S. history. During his Super Bowl ...

The Heart of Lincoln,” a 1922 movie directed by the pioneering filmmaker Francis Ford, was found at a stock-footage library ...