President Abraham Lincoln signed into law an act that provided for the transcontinental railroad. The Lincoln Locomotive was ...

The hedge fund founder paid $13.7 million for a copy of the 13th Amendment and $4.4 million for the Emancipation Proclamation ...

Griffin paid a record $13.7M for the 13th Amendment and $4.4 million for the Emancipation Proclamation. Both documents were ...

Originally issued by Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863, the proclamation declared enslaved people in the Confederate ...

Citadel founder Ken Griffin paid $18.1 million for copies of the 13th Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln.

Billionaire Art Collector Ken Griffin Buys Lincoln's Handwritten Copy of 13th Amendment for $13.7 M. Billionaire Kenneth C.

The hedge-fund billionaire also paid a record $43.2 million for a copy of the U.S. Constitution four years ago.

There are ideas aplenty in Roger Q. Mason and Lovell Holder’s 'Lavender Men,' but much of it gets bogged down in an overly ...

To Kathy Brooks, president of the Frederick County alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., the essence of ...

Despite extreme heat, hundreds of people braved the weather to celebrate Juneteenth in Evanston at the annual parade.

On June 19, local community activist Eunice Haigler will also host her annual Juneteenth Celebration at Market Square near the Fredericksburg Area Museum from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. This marks Haigler’s ...

Juneteenth celebration brought hundreds of visitors to Bernice Allridge Park on Saturday to celebrate freedom.