When President Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary — in 1863, while in the White House — received a live turkey for the family to feast on at Christmas, their precocious eight-year-old son Tad ...

As Brian and Kathy Jedwabny toured the Rolland Center for Lincoln Research, they came across the first display of Christmas items the center has provided to the public.

The National Portrait Gallery unveiled a rare portrait of President Abraham Lincoln on Friday, ahead of Lincoln’s 214th birthday. The nine-foot-tall portrait, painted by W.F.K. Travers in 1865 ...

Question: What was so special about Abraham Lincoln’s Christmas tree back when he lived in Central Illinois? Answer: Nothing.He didn’t ever have one here. In fact, it was in the year Abe left ...

We could honor George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. ... Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day as federal holidays. Washington's Birthday was first observed on Feb. 22, 1880, ...