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The Emancipation Proclamation is not as simple as it may first seem.

The best source for Lincoln questions and answers is from a Lincoln historian.

Weathering a storm of blood and lead, one man earns his place in history among the din of battle.

One champion of racial equality visits the home of another.

Two documents in the ALPLM collection show Lincoln counting votes from elections at very different points in his career, a reminder that he was not just a statesman but also a shrewd politician.

A young Abraham Lincoln, still new to town, decides to run for office on a platform of investing in infrastructure.

Although Lincoln never got to see them, he did have three grandchildren, all born after his death.

One of America's most iconic dogs was owned by one of America's most famous presidents.

Before becoming one of the most infamous assassins in history, John Wilkes Booth was a famous American actor.

One of Lincoln's most famous speeches was delivered on June 16, 1858

A letter from Abraham Lincoln to George McClellan shows Lincoln's frustration with the Union leader.

In a time before recorded video and sound, sheet music was a way to get a message to the masses.

One of Lincoln's careers was surveying, and he made many maps, including of some places that never existed.

A bloodstained piece of fabric highlights the true cost of freedom.

Abraham Lincoln asks himself if slavery and democracy can co-exist.

Lincoln's Lyceum Address is considered his first great speech. It is often misquoted today.

One book leads an ALPLM staffer on a journey of discovery.

It took ingenuity and some careful planning, but a rare and colorful banner supporting Stephen Douglas can now be seen at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

As the nation was falling apart, Abraham Lincoln grappled with what to say after being sworn in as the new president

A Lincoln historian puts the spotlight on the meaning and power of the overly familiar words of the Gettysburg Address.

At the urging of a magazine "editress," Abraham Lincoln called for a day of thanksgiving on the last Thursday of November. It was a major step in making Thanksgiving the tradition we know today.

Art historian Mark Pohlad examines an ALPLM painting that seems to blend the Civil War, World War I and the artist's own nightmares into a single powerful image.

Letter shows the Lincolns as a young couple managing the typical concerns of middle-class life.

A Lincoln historian appreciates getting to know the lives of three other people with Illinois roots

Claims that Lincoln was left off Southern ballots in 1860 don't account for the way elections were conducted back then.

For Women's History Month, a look at the women connected to artifacts displayed in our Treasures Gallery.

Document donated to Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum puts the spotlight on a key moment in the Civil War ... and in all of American history.