Super Bowl Monday is a day that many people in the U.S. dread as it typically follows a late night of commercials, beer, food and football. Last year, approximately 60% of Americans or 200 million ...

The National Park Service and the Lincoln Birthday National Commemorative Committee held a ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday for the 214th anniversary of the U.S. president’s birth. At the ...

State of Illinois and Sangamon County employees will have the next two Mondays off from work. Those days are in observance of Abraham Lincoln's birthday on Feb. 12 and Presidents Day on Feb. 20, which ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The birthday of Abraham Lincoln, who served as the 16th President of the United States and was known as “The Great Emancipator,” is Monday, Feb. 12. According to History.com, ...

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park: The National Park Service presents videos honoring Lincoln on Feb. 12 on Facebook. The park in Hodgenville, Kentucky, preserves two farms: Sinking ...

Monday marks Abraham Lincoln’s 215th birthday, and as always, it prompts some of the most profound questions of civics and citizenship: Do I get the day off from work? Do my kids have to go to school?

History buffs and Lincoln residents gathered Saturday at the Nebraska History Museum to celebrate the city’s namesake. Nebraska’s capital, the largest city in the world named after Abraham Lincoln, ...

A smile swept over Susan Dittman's face as she peered into the auditorium at Lincoln Southeast High School on Sunday afternoon. "I didn't expect it to be so full," she said. Seven years ago, Dittman ...

Jacob Friefeld, director of the Center for Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield, will deliver the annual Lincoln Lecture at Lincoln Land Community College Monday, highlighting a ...