As America approaches 2025, Abraham Lincoln's prescient words about internal destruction of democracy resonate amid growing ...

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain ...

A controversial flag which some say cost them their jobs is ready to go on display at a Springfield museum. Here's what you ...

Ever wondered about the origins of the Abraham Lincoln sculpture seated on a bench in downtown Bloomington? Here's a look ...

The Bicentennial Speaker Series co-sponsored by the Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County and John Wood Community College continues with a Wednesday, July 9 presentation.

Griffin paid a record $13.7M for the 13th Amendment and $4.4 million for the Emancipation Proclamation. Both documents were ...

Billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin added two of the most iconic artifacts in American history to his growing ...

What the 22-member committee won't be keeping, however, is the 320-acre Lincoln County site originally proposed by the DOC that's already seen about $51 million-worth in development by the state.

The Rev. Julian Cook struggles to explain to people who don’t live in Lincoln Heights how he felt when neo-Nazis arrived on the village’s border in early February. Anger. Sadness. Revulsion ...

Regional animosities have existed in Illinois since before it was admitted to the Union in 1818 as the 21st state, and only grew stronger with Chicago’s rise as an economic powerhouse in the late 19th ...

1986: Hard Rock Cafe opened in Chicago. Mayor Harold Washington and Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon were among its first guests. TV host Oprah Winfrey attended the opening with Stedman Graham, ...

In a time of tense partisan clashes, Capitol Hill has a trusted leader in Jane L. Campbell, president and CEO of the U.S. Capitol ...