SPRINGFIELD The gala introduction of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library on Monday was filled with speeches by politicians thanking each other for their hard work, and historians praising Lincoln ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hazel Higginbotham, 6, of Springfield plays in the children's section of the Lincoln Library in Springfield Wednesday Jan. 25, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Amid showers of fireworks and praise Monday evening, officials opened a library dedicated to the history of Abraham Lincoln's life, just 137 years after his death. Speaker after ...

Summer Beck-Griffith said she was "disappointed but not shocked" after being dismissed as Lincoln Library's director Monday. Her real regret? Not having a chance to talk about the public library's ...

Springfield’s Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum and the foundation that helped get it built and supported it are now a house divided, one whose failure to stand is rooted partly in the ...

"What we're hoping for is that this is an opportunity for the library to meet people exactly where they are. We know that there's a variety of reasons that people find it hard to get downtown," said ...

The short, handwritten note is a typical letter of reference for a man seeking a job. But the author is the president of the United States. It is also 1861, and the job seeker is a Black man. Abraham ...