OUR PRESIDENTS (To the tune of "Yankee Doodle.") George Washington is number one, With whom begins the story; John Ada...

       Welcome, friend of our fathers, to our shores. Happy are our eyes that behold those venerable features. Enjoy a triumph such as nev...

1. Tell something of Washington's ancestors. He was descended from an ancient family in Cheshire, of which a branch had been esta...

"That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that govern- ment of the people, by the people, for the pe...

       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...

In classic Palladian style, on the western side, the main house is flanked by advancing, single-story secondary wings creating a cour ...

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