Those involved in unleashed political fighting today should learn from this end-of-war, Easter season moment from York history.

On April 15, 1865, the Civil War had just ended, the 16th U.S. president had been killed. How would Americans respond?

On April 15, 2019, a devastating fire collapsed the roof and spire of Notre Dame Cathedral, but fire officials said they managed to avoid the total destruction of one of Paris' most recognizable ...

Next month, history buffs will have the opportunity to bid on the gloves that President Lincoln wore on the night of his ...

America’s greatest president had moral vision, strategic genius, and astounding eloquence.

“Equal rights & Justice to all white men in the United States forever,” urges John McMahon of Hambrook, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 5, 1864. “White men is in class number one & black men in class number two ...

This week in history, on April 14, 1865, upon hearing the word “sockdologizing,” President Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth inside Ford’s Theater in Washington, ...

Henry Rathbone sat next to President Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre. When John Wilkes Booth fired the fatal shot, Rathbone tried to intervene - and was stabbed in the process. He survived, but the guilt ...

President Abraham Lincoln moved to New Salem, Ill., a log cabin village where he would stay until 1837. Now, the re-created historical site is set to get an $8 million makeover.

PETERSBURG, Ill. (AP) — Before his famous debates, before the Civil War rent the nation, before he helped end slavery and before his tragic assassination, Abraham Lincoln had New Salem. The tiny ...

PETERSBURG, Ill. (AP) — Before his famous debates, before the Civil War rent the nation, before he helped end slavery and before his tragic assassination, Abraham Lincoln had New Salem.