Abraham Lincoln’s formal education was remarkably sparse for a man who later became president. By his own estimate, his schooldays amounted to less than a year altogether, and these were passed ...

Abraham Lincoln's Writing of the Gettysburg Address. Professor Martin Johnson talked about Lincoln’s planning for and writing of the Gettysburg Address, which was given at the dedication of a ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation has asked presidents, poets and sailors aboard the USS Lincoln to write their own 272 words on the Gettysburg Address, or another subject of ...

Writing in Lincoln's footsteps. D.C. historian James L. Swanson's new book recounts deathbed journey. November 27, 2010. By Michael E. Ruane. He pictures the tall man in the stovepipe hat walking ...

When President Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary — in 1863, while in the White House — received a live turkey for the family to feast on at Christmas, their precocious eight-year-old son Tad ...

OMAHA -- Abraham Lincoln's handwriting is clean and precise. Working with deliberation and care, he crossed out few words in his letters and official documents and only occasionally inserted an ...

Abraham Lincoln's Writing of the Gettysburg Address. 1,085 Views Program ID: 429745-6 Category: Public Affairs Event Format: Speech Location: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States.