Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was born in a single-room log cabin on Sinking Spring Farm in LaRue County, Kentucky on Feb. 12, 1809. He was the son of Thomas Lincoln, an ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Folksy, melancholy Abraham Lincoln would have been dumbfounded by the fuss over his birthday Thursday. Bells tolled, wreaths were laid, speeches intoned and banjos picked to mark ...

From his obscure birth to his shocking death, Abraham Lincoln provided all the ingredients for a myth that grows with each passing generation. A hardworking, self-taught farm boy grows up to become ...

SIOUX CITY | Learn more about the life and accomplishments of one of America’s most admired presidents. The family program, “Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln!” will be held Feb. 8. The free program will ...