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Abraham Lincoln 
 
 
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Brief Biography 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/history-kids/abraham-lincoln-kids.html" rel="nofollow">Abraham Lincoln</a>was the United States <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/AbrahamLincoln/" rel="nofollow">sixteenth</a> president. He was born born February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. He began his political career as a <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://sc94.ameslab.gov/TOUR/alincoln.html" rel="nofollow">Illinois Legislator</a>. He then became a lawyer in 1836. A few years later he met and married a woman by the name of Marry Todd and together thay had <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/Lincoln77.html" rel="nofollow">four children</a>. He was then nominated for president in <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.tulane.edu/~latner/Background/BackgroundElection.html" rel="nofollow">1860</a> and won the election. President Lincoln delivered the <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/gadd/gadrft.html" rel="nofollow">Gettsburg Address</a> on November 19, 1863. He also issued the <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/" rel="nofollow">Emancipation Proclamation</a> on Janurary 1, 1863. However, his greatest challenge through out his presidency was the <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.civilwar.com/" rel="nofollow">civil war</a>. Unfortunately, in 1865 Lincoln was <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/Lincoln75.html" rel="nofollow">assassinated</a> by John Wilkes. 
 
 
Rembering Lincoln Today 
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<ul><li>In Springfield, IL there is a <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.alplm.org/home.html" rel="nofollow">museum</a> dedicated to Lincoln.</li><li>Today, visitors can also view Lincoln's <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/sites/home.htm" rel="nofollow">home</a> in Springfield, IL.</li><li>The Life of Abraham Lincoln an illustrated timeline for <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.berwickacademy.org/lincoln/lincoln.htm" rel="nofollow">young</a> children.</li><li>His most famous rememberance is the <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.visitingdc.com/memorial/lincoln-memorial-address.htm" rel="nofollow">Lincoln Memorial</a> in Washington D.C.</li><li>We also remember Lincoln every time we pick up a lucky <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.alincoln-library.com/abraham-lincoln-penny.shtml" rel="nofollow">penny</a> from the sidewalK.</li></ul> 
 
 
 
 
More About Lincoln 
<ul><li>The colorful <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.answers.com/topic/abraham-lincoln" rel="nofollow">stories</a> about Lincoln's life really are true: He was born in a log cabin and grew up on the American frontier, educated himself by reading borrowed books, and worked splitting fence rails and clerking in a general store, and then as a country lawyer, long before he became president </li><li>&quot;A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.&quot; 
Read <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/abraham_lincoln.html" rel="nofollow">Quotes</a> by Abraham Lincoln.</li><li>Learn about The Spanish Civil War and the Abraham Lincoln <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.richeast.org/htwm/SCW/scw.html" rel="nofollow">Brigade</a>.</li></ul> 
 
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