Photos capture a precarious moment in Cairo, Ill., after a young man's death in police custody.
'Complete Darkness': Looking back at the loss of Mary Lincoln and her beloved Tad
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.
For Women's History Month, a look at the women connected to artifacts displayed in our Treasures Gallery.
The ALPLM is restoring GAR documents, including material from Black posts.
Claims that Lincoln was left off Southern ballots in 1860 don't account for the way elections were conducted back then.
You never know what will turn up in the ALPLM files – such as a one-of-a-kind book by an early Native American poet
Dangerous expedition launched from Illinois camp that is now a historic site
Golden dragons and a white fleet, plus a historic bucket.
Largely forgotten today, Andre Cailloux was one of the first Black military heroes of the Civil War