The president was shot while he was attending a performance of "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre in D.C. During one of the funniest lines of the play, Booth entered the presidential box — and ...

President Abraham Lincoln, amid the most turbulent administration and deadliest conflict in American history, defeated bitter personal rival and former Civil War Gen. George McClellan to win ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

The elephant is Thailand’s national animal, so it’s only natural that King Mongkut in 1861 offered to send a pair of the animals to the United States as a gift emblematic of the friendship between the ...

In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, the Smithsonian is having a yearlong celebration, featuring exhibitions and events that will offer visitors a chance to explore ...

Someone taking offense to last week’s “From the Archives” installment devoted to the anniversary of the Chappaquiddick tragedy snarked what about Lincoln’s assassination? To be precise, you wrote: ...

Abraham Lincoln, who would have celebrated his 209th birthday on Feb. 12, left behind an impressive legacy during his time in office — but many Americans still associate the 16th president, first and ...

Hi, hello, I hear you’re looking for a Presidents’ Day movie on Netflix to watch. Great news: Lincoln is streaming on Netflix right now, and it’s a masterpiece of a film that is also an essential ...

Before Trump, President Lincoln’s administration also remodeled the White House, at the behest of First Lady Mary Lincoln.