This proved prophetic with the collapse of the national party systems (the Whigs disappeared altogether) as North and South evolved into separate societies—one based on free labor ... the achievements ...

5 Surprising Facts About Abraham Lincoln The 16th president is widely celebrated for his role in helping to abolish slavery and preserving the Union during the Civil War. But did you know these ...

Abraham Lincoln represented ... to leave his mark on his country, Lincoln emerged on the political landscape in the 1850s as a representative of ambitious men on the make. Coalescing around an ...

Lincoln’s main goal during his presidency, which began just before the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, was to preserve the Union - not to free slaves. Christopher Bonner, a historian at the ...

The situation is eye-opening for a number of reasons. Firstly, the photograph of Lincoln used to doctor the painting of ...

A six-foot-tall wax statue of former US President Abraham Lincoln in Washington melted as the capital city's temperatures soared over the weekend. The temperatures, which reportedly touched 37 ...

"Me too wax Lincoln… meeeee too," one social media user quipped Allison Robbert/The Washington Post via Getty Not even a wax statue that honors Abraham ... up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter ...

160 years ago on July 7, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln granted Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove to the state of California “for public use, resort and recreation.” “I have seen ...

An artist’s masterpiece wax sculpture of Abraham Lincoln, which sits outside an elementary school in Washington, D.C., has partially melted due to the sweltering heat the region experienced last ...

It was the young nation’s 87 th birthday. President Abraham Lincoln was well-aware of the irony. He famously began his legendary Gettysburg Address, which he delivered at the dedication of the ...

A wax replica of Abraham Lincoln was no match for sweltering temperatures that hit Washington D.C. this week, causing the statue to partially melt and the head to fall off. 'We are not confident ...