Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809 in Kentucky. He would go on to rank among the best presidents in U.S. history, and he still makes news headlines when referenced by today's politicians.

(Lincoln said he hoped to have God on his side ... on two countries coming out of the American Civil War. The man whose birthday we celebrate today wasn't always as popular as he is now.

The Boston Fire Department threw a birthday party for 5-year-old Lincoln Stanger, who has been waiting for nearly a year for ...

ST. LOUIS — Jan Jacobi shares his new book on Abraham Lincoln.

The origins of Presidents Day lie in salutes to George Washington's Feb. 22 birthday, some highly ceremonial and others strikingly unusual.

Eventually, the holiday included honoring President Abraham Lincoln, whose birthday is Feb. 12. The position of the holiday between the birthdays of Washington and Lincoln gave rise to the popular ...

He died on April 15, 1865, shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. Wednesday marks what would have been his 216th birthday. On Lincoln's birthday in ...