In addition to our social studies curriculum, where we learned about George Washington, we took some of our morning work time t...

       The Emancipation Proclamation is a state paper issued by President Lincoln, January 1, 1863, by which all slaves in the states or p...

       The war by this time was inevitably drawing to a close, and on April 9, 1865, Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House. F...

       For several years Lincoln was absorbed in his practice, but the great slavery controversy, ever growing more intense, could not fai...

       Throughout the war Lincoln displayed that firmness, generosity and foresight which he had disclosed in his previous career. He was ...

Abraham Lincoln - Statue at Entrance to Lincoln Park, Chicago. Read more about the statue - pdf file from livinghistoryofillinois.com...

Abraham Lincoln portrait.        When Lincoln was twenty-one his father moved to Macon County, Illinois, settling on a claim on the Sa...

One of Lincoln's childhood homes.        The ancestry of the Lincoln family may be traced to an English weaver named Samuel Lincol...

LINCOLN'S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS        Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, co...

 Lincoln With life unsullied from his youth, He meekly took the ruler's rod, And, wielding it in love and truth. He lived, t...

ABRAHAM LINCOLN. by James Russel Lowell. Nature, they say, doth dote. And can not make a man Save on some worn-out plan, Repea...

After Washington, who is called the greatest American? Answer: Abraham Lincoln, who was elected President of the United States in the...

Lincoln's Birthday by Ida Vose Woodbury. Again thy birthday dawns, man beloved. Dawns on the land thy blood was shed to save, Au...

Sayings About Lincoln  (For Eight Children) 1rst child - He surpassed all orators in eloquence, all diplomatists in wisdom, all stat...

Click to enlarge and download. Lincoln by Nancy Byrd Turner There was a boy of other days, A quiet, awkward, earnest lad, Who ...