The only photograph of Abraham Lincoln in death almost never survived ... and Lincoln teased him about stealing some figs off a White House tree. His father took him to see Lincoln's body at ...

“ [We have] a little more than nine acres here on this former plantation that initially was started in 1800 by Jacob Lincoln ...

This, no doubt, is true of any really great statesman, but it was remarkably so of Abraham Lincoln. As a tree may be known by its fruits, so may his growing strength, his ripening sagacity and ...

Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln are mammoth, yet simple to describe: he confronted the secession of the South and the dissolution of the Union with all the political ...

“It began at Bloomington Illinois — the little county seat with tree-skirted streets on a ... During the period of 1849 to 1860 Abraham Lincoln spent more time in Bloomington than any other ...

Lincoln had struggled to heal the wounds of war, yet he became one of its last victims, and the war left the country no less divided. Abraham Lincoln grew up on the American frontier. Born in a ...