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Soldiers clean their muskets and prepare for another day of battle. Women in long dresses with hoop skirts circle anxiously, wondering what news the day will bring. And Abraham Lincoln frets about … ...
INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITY 1. Ask students who they think is the greatest American president? (Answers will vary but will likely include Abraham Lincoln.) Explain that while Lincoln is now commonly ...
Kids can find out -- and build their own bridges -- at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum’s next Civil War Tech event. This free event takes place Wednesday when many schools ...
Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. A self-taught lawyer with humble beginnings, Lincoln is best known for leading the country ...
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated as the Civil War drew to a close April 7, 2015 More than 10 years ago John Wilkes Booth leaped from the president’s box onto the stage at Ford’s Theatre after ...
President Abraham Lincoln died 150 years ago today, ... He became interested in the Civil War when the U.S. Postal Service started issuing commemorative stamps for the 150th anniversary.
Kent praised Lincoln’s commitment to abolition, saying, "Lincoln worked hard to win the Civil War, both to protect the Union and as a consequence to end slavery….[He] deeply cared about the ...
On this day in 1865, some five weeks before the Civil War drew to a close, Salmon Chase, chief justice of the Supreme Court, administered the oath of office to President Abraham Lincoln for his ...
WASHINGTON — Abraham Lincoln thought the Civil War was nearing the end in July 1863. If only Union Gen. George Meade would capitalize on victories in Vicksburg and Gettysburg and aggressively ...
Abraham Lincoln overcame some of the most profound challenges to the American experiment. He’s not just a ticket to a three-day weekend.
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