Discover when Abraham Lincoln’s birthday is in 2026, its holiday status, and how the U.S. honors the 16th President.

Discover February 12's historic milestones including Abraham Lincoln's birth, British India's independence, and Santiago's founding shaping global history.

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 ...

This little-known 1860 photograph offers a revelatory, full-length view of Lincoln from before he was elected president.

The future 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, was born in a log cabin in Kentucky. Lincoln became one of the most revered and uniquely appealing U.S. Presidents, known as Honest Abe ...

February 12, 1809 - Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Kentucky on Feb. 12, 1809.