Abraham Lincoln
"I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. "
~ Abraham Lincoln
Born on this day in Hardin County, Kentucky, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was named after his grandfather and raised in a log cabin.
"All my life," Honest Abe said, "I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind."
With only one year of formal education, Lincoln loved books and was accepted to the bar as a self-taught attorney.
He helped form the Illinois Republican party and gained national attention in 1858 with an unsuccessful Senatorial bid against Samuel A. Douglas.
"A house divided against itself cannot stand," Lincoln said in one of the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates.
"I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free."
Elected as the sixteenth President in 1861, Lincoln led the United States through the Civil War's darkest days of turmoil.
With leadership and dedication, he held the Union together, delivering the memorable Gettysburg Address. Considered a great President, he proved that accomplishments come with desire and dedication.
He once stated, "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing."
His 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, which formally freed the slaves within the Confederacy, was the first major step toward the 13th Amendment, which finally ended slavery.
"I am a slow walker," he said, "but I never walk back."
Just six days after Lee surrendered to Grant, Lincoln became the first President to be assassinated in office.
Upon Lincoln's death, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton comforted the grieving Nation by saying, "Now he belongs to the ages."
~ Abraham Lincoln
"All my life," Honest Abe said, "I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind."
With only one year of formal education, Lincoln loved books and was accepted to the bar as a self-taught attorney.
He helped form the Illinois Republican party and gained national attention in 1858 with an unsuccessful Senatorial bid against Samuel A. Douglas.
"A house divided against itself cannot stand," Lincoln said in one of the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates.
"I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free."
Elected as the sixteenth President in 1861, Lincoln led the United States through the Civil War's darkest days of turmoil.
With leadership and dedication, he held the Union together, delivering the memorable Gettysburg Address. Considered a great President, he proved that accomplishments come with desire and dedication.
He once stated, "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing."
His 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, which formally freed the slaves within the Confederacy, was the first major step toward the 13th Amendment, which finally ended slavery.
"I am a slow walker," he said, "but I never walk back."
Just six days after Lee surrendered to Grant, Lincoln became the first President to be assassinated in office.
Upon Lincoln's death, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton comforted the grieving Nation by saying, "Now he belongs to the ages."
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