Abraham Lincoln was an American hero — but a flawed one. As we celebrate his essential contributions to our country, let's ...
It hardly seems possible that he would have time for other things, but he did have a personal life. Did Abraham Lincoln have children? Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, shared four sons but ...
Beginning with Lincoln’s impoverished childhood in southern Indiana ... “The surviving evidence — the number of letters ...
Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln are mammoth, yet simple to describe: he confronted the secession of the South and the dissolution of the Union with all the political ...
For this reason, if for no other, the fragmentary contributions of friends and foes, of newspaper writers and book-makers, towards a life of Abraham Lincoln, will be secure of readers. Originally ...
When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and ...
Explore Abraham Lincoln's humble beginnings by visiting the remnants ... similar to Lincoln’s first home and stroll several hiking trails imagining what Lincoln’s childhood was like. Make a ...
The Rothschilds’ Waddesdon Manor: Not Your Typical English Country House It was on the night of Good Friday, April 14, 1865, that John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Earlier that day ...
For grades 11-12, lesson can be made more challenging by asking students to conduct further research into the personal life of Abraham Lincoln and/or the inner workings of his administration.
The free Benjamin P. Thomas Symposium will be held the same day. The author of the two-volume "Abraham Lincoln: A Life," one of the most definitive biographies of the 16th president, Burlingame ...
For grades 11-12, lesson can be made more challenging by asking students to conduct further research into the personal life of Abraham Lincoln and/or the inner workings of his administration.