He had learned these verses by heart; the tones of his mother’s voice was in them” (Abraham Lincoln; The Prairie Years). To Joshua Speed he once said, “I am profitably engaged in reading the ...

President Lincoln, regarded by historians as one of the best presidents in history, was born on this day in 1809. He is frequently invoked by Trump.

The group, which operates a museum, points to research claiming that Lincoln’s mother, Nancy Hanks, was an unmarried teenager when she gave birth to Abraham in a cabin near Bostic around 1804.

The usual opinions to the effect that Abraham Lincoln was a sickly child do not find support in the stories handed down by the doctor's mother, who grew up with him. 'He was very firm and straight ...

Historians consistently rank Abraham Lincoln as the greatest U.S. president. Without his leadership and political brilliance, ...

Abraham Lincoln grew up on the American frontier ... When Lincoln was nine, his beloved mother, Nancy Lincoln, died. A year later, his father married another woman, Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln ...

who was Abraham Lincoln’s mother. Lucy lived to be 104 years old, and was much celebrated in Viroqua for her age and experiences. Area resident William Tenney witnessed Lincoln’s assassination.