The funeral train of President Abraham Lincoln rests under a decorative archway at the Monon Station in Michigan City on May 1, 1865. Along with several major cities, Michigan City was one of the ...

Dorothy McClerren, 96, portrayed Mary Todd Lincoln in her daughter’s home to share her talents with Heartland Hospice workers ...

Podcaster Show PlayerKnown as the Lincoln Special, the funeral train made a stop at the depot in Michigan City on May 1, 1865. A large crowd turned out to greet the train to pay homage to Abraham ...

Object Details associated person Lincoln, Abraham Description One of two flags that flew from the locomotive of the Lincoln funeral train on the route between Albany and Utica, New York On April 19, ...

Donald Trump may have crossed a new line but he isn’t the only potty-mouthed president, a tradition that dates all the way ...

Jon Hallford will be sentenced in August in a separate state case in which he pleaded guilty to 191 counts of corpse abuse.

The Architecture of Presidential Commemoration” surveys the history of presidential memorialization, a complicated tale.

Mourners are paying their respects to former U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel as his body lies in state Thursday at New York City Hall, an honor bestowed to a short list of political figures, including U.S.

Charles Rangel's sharp wit, relentless advocacy for Harlem and extraordinary life of public service during a funeral mass for the late congressman ... including U.S. presidents Abraham Lincoln and ...

Roseland has a legacy of racist real estate practices and disinvestment, but it also holds a place in the hearts of those ...

The president dropped an F-bomb as he faced growing questions over the success of U.S. military strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites.

These tiny portraits keep America's iconic leaders at our fingertips, their contributions to history forever stamped on our collective memory.