Ad Policy Our inaugural issue. (The Nation) This article appears in the July/August 2025 issue, with the headline “Happy 160th!” In June of 1863, in the wake of Confederate victories at ...

Happy 216th Abe: Today is Lincoln's birthday, a president Trump is fixated on. Jeanine Santucci. USA TODAY. Hear this story. ... On this day in 1861, Lincoln spoke of the nation's future.