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Five days after the Civil War ended, Lincoln went to a comedy with his wife. The audience was roaring with laughter, the President was smiling for the first time in years. Then, at 10:15 p.m., a single shot rang out.
Apr 13, 2026
At 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, Confederate cannons opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. That first shell started the deadliest war in American history — a conflict that would kill more than 620,000 Americans before it was over.
Apr 12, 2026
Born into slavery, Frederick Douglass taught himself to read, broke free from bondage, and rose to become Abraham Lincoln's advisor and the moral conscience of American democracy. What he fought for wasn't just his own freedom — it was the fulfillment of America's founding promise.
Apr 10, 2026
After Lincoln's assassination in 1865, how did America turn the promise of emancipation into law? Discover the dramatic birth of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments and the Reconstruction-era laws that reshaped a nation.
Apr 9, 2026