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.

The official designation is as Washington’s Birthday, although it has come to be known informally as Presidents Day. Arguments have been made to honor President Lincoln as well because his birthdate ...

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

Yesterday being the anniversary of the late President LINCOLN'S birthday, quite a number of ladies and gentlemen visited Oak Ridge Cemetery for the purpose of decorating the tomb of Mr. LINCOLN.

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 ...