Abraham Lincoln was our tallest president. At 6-foot-4, he would stand out even today, and he certainly towered over the men and women of his era. The top hat he habitually wore in public made him ...

On Oct. 15, 1860 - 153 years ago today &mdash 11-year-old Grace Bedell wrote a letter to Abraham Lincoln suggesting he grow a beard for the presidential election. Bedell said in her letter that ...

The former Disney animator savors the magic moment of discovery as if it were a Proustian madeleine or a 1943 Lincoln copper ... rider sported a bushy beard and a top hat. His white-gloved left ...