ABRAHAM LINCOLN

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN

• By George Sullivan

Lincoln was born on Feb. 12, 1809
The 16th president of the United States
The greatest American president
Theme
Freedom Liberty
Abraham Lincoln, his hand and pen, Abraham
Lincoln is my name He will be good, but God knows
when. And with my pen I wrote the same
I wrote in both haste and speed And left it here
for fools to read.
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LINCOLN THE LAWYER
Theme
Lincoln moved to Springfield, Illinois, in 1837
and became a partner in a law firm there.
Freedom Liberty

• Lincoln's mother died in 1818

• His sister died in 1818

• Lincoln and Herndon had a long and very
  successful partnership

Give our clients to understand that the election
of a President makes no change in the firm of
Lincoln Herndon.
Lincoln married with Mary Lincoln
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TURNING POINT
Honest Abe
Congress had passed the Kansas- Nebraska Act
B A D N E W S
William Henry Herndon, Lincolns law partner.
Lincoln put all of his energy into his work as a
lawyer.
The law office of Lincoln Herndon in
Springfield, Illinois.
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THEPEOPLES CHOICE
In the p residential election of 1860, Hannibal
Hamlin, a Senator from Maine, ran as Lincoln's
vice president.
On his visit to New York in February 1860, the
fifty-one-year-old Lincoln posed for his
photograph. He appears tall and confident. The
pose became known as Lincoln's Cooper Union
photograph.
Lincolns great speech
To this place and the kindness of these people,
I owe every thing. Here I have lived a quarter of
a century, and have passed from a young to an old
man. Here my children have been born, and one is
buried. I now leave, not knowing when, or whether
ever, I may return, with a task before me greater
than (George Washington faced) I bid you
affectionate farewell.
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Gettysburg Address
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing
whether that nation or any nation so conceived
and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a
great battle field of that war. We have come to
dedicate a portion of that field, as a final
resting place for those who here gave their lives
that this nation might live. It Is altogether
fitting and proper that we should do this.
The Union victory at Gettysburg was a turning
point in the war.
This studio photograph of Lincoln was taken on
November 8, 1863, just ten days before he spoke
at Gettysburg
Most African Americans liked the idea of being
able to enlist in the Union army.
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I Know Im In Danger
The president is shot!
John Wilkes Booth was the presidents assassin.
Born in Maryland, he was a well-known actor of
the time.
Thousands watch as Lincolns funeral procession
makes its way up Broadway in New York City.
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Lincoln Remembered
One of the most important is the Lincoln National
Monument.
After Lincolns death, artists often pictured him
with George Washington. Washington had been named
the father of our country. Lincoln was called
the nations savior.
This sculpted image of Lincoln by Victor D.
Brenner was used in designing the Lincoln cent.