The first lady refused to see all but a select group of visitors and feuded with officials from Springfield, Illinois, over the president’s burial site.

Public Square has been called the city’s center, its stage for history, and, in many ways, its emotional heartbeat.

The 20th President of the United States had the potential to be one of the greats, according to many – until his ...

CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — The Carlisle Indian Industrial School had not yet held its first class when Matavito Horse and Leah Road ...

Lucretia Garfield, also known as Crete, was the wife of US President James A Garfield and served briefly as First Lady in ...

This year is the 20th annual This I Believe essay contest for high school seniors, sponsored by NPR Illinois. Modeled after ...

An 1861 job-reference letter from Abraham Lincoln on behalf of a young Black friend and valet provides a glimpse of an ...

As the parent of a sixth grader, I constantly worry about what the swift erosion of our multiracial democracy means. I know — ...

A riveting domestic drama from the director of The Worst Person in the World and a gorgeous historical drama set in the early ...