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Abraham Lincoln and His Inaugurals
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“Well, Josh,” replied Mr. Lincoln, when I was a boy in Indiana, I went to a neighbor’s house one morning and found a boy of my own size holding a coon by a string. I asked him what he had what he was doing. He…
Abraham Lincoln in Depth
Abraham Lincoln’s Moods
“Lincoln was a curious – mysterious – quite an incomprehensible man,” wrote William H. Herndon shortly before he died... Read more View more articles
Cartoon Corner
President Lincoln enjoyed humor. Many Americans enjoyed making fun of the President. Some of the most recognizable cartoons were published in Harper’s Weekly, a New York City periodical ... Read more
Mr. Lincoln and Friends
The friends I left that parting day,…
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First Inaugural
Abraham Lincoln’s First Inauguration on March 4, 1861 took place on a cold and sunny day on the Capitol’s east front…
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Mr. Lincoln and New York 1860
…in February 1860, Abraham Lincoln bought a new black suit before he left Springfield, Illinois to deliver the landmark speech of his first presidential campaign.
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Lincoln "by littles"by Lewis E. Lehrman
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Lincoln "by littles": "The self-tutored lawyer from Illinois could not understand those 'don't care' politicians, such as Senator Stephen A. Douglas, who pretended indifference to involuntary servitude." |
Lincoln & Churchill
They were different men with different backgrounds and very different leadership styles. Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill lived through...
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