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Two days before his assassination in 1865, Abraham Lincoln wrote an $800 check, payable to “self.” Was he, perhaps, paying off some of his wife’s steep financial debts? One can only speculate. The William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum in...
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Did you know: President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address lasted only about two minutes.
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The Battle of Gettysburg, one of the most noted battles of the Civil War, was fought on July 1–3, 1863. On Nov. 19, 1863, the field was dedicated as a national cemetery by President Lincoln in a two-minute speech that was to become immortal. At the...
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Aviation Electronics Technician Calvin Dean (C) has his hair cut at the barber shop on board the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as it patrols the Arabian Gulf during a Strait of Hormuz transit February 14, 2012. Picture taken... View Photo »
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The same as my conception of nature. It is impossible for either to be personal.
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Founders Jesse Moorland and Carter Woodson designated the second week of February as the period for celebration so that it would coincide with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. The Civil Rights Movement of the ’60s caused the...
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12 Delicious World Records - From Gargantuan Burgers to Expensive Melons (TrendHunter.com)
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No matter what the selection, digesting any of these items would be quite the story to tell at a cocktail party. If you’re rolling around in money and don’t know what to do with it all, why not try some world record delicacies? The 34,000 dollar cake...
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Presidents’ Day, officially Washington’s Birthday, is a US holiday observed on the third Monday in February, according to Encyclopedia Britannica. It said the date is popularly recognized as honoring George Washington and Abraham Lincoln but is...
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Photographs are seen on a mirror as a sailor (L) waits to have her hair cut at a barber shop on board the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as it patrols the Arabian Gulf during a Strait of Hormuz transit February 14, 2012. ... View Photo »
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'As you know, we are involved in a difficult struggle. It was about 104 years ago that Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, free the Negro from the bondage of physical slavery. And yet we stand here 104 years later, and the Negro is still isn't free.'
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In the docs, Gary says he still makes $19,730.71 per month … but he SPENDS more than $22k per month on things like living expenses and daycare for his newborn son. Gary’s rep tells TMZ, Gary “is following the example of many successful buisiness people...
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President's Day is more than just a killer Macy's sale - it's a chance for Americans to pay respect to our most famous heads of state, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. But in case you can't make a pilgrimage to the Lincoln Memorial or Mount...
About Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery. Assassinated as the war was drawing to a close, Lincoln had been the first Republican elected to the Presidency. ... Full Article
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Photographs are seen on a mirror as a sailor (L) waits to have her hair cut at a barber shop on board the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as it patrols the Arabian Gulf during a Strait of Hormuz transit February 14, 2012. Picture taken February 14, 2012.
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Sailors work out at a gym on board the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as it patrols the Arabian Gulf during a Strait of Hormuz transit February 14, 2012. Picture taken February 14, 2012.
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Flight deck personnel laugh as they wait to receive aircraft on board the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as it patrols the Arabian Gulf during a Strait of Hormuz transit February 14, 2012. Picture taken February 14, 2012.
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Flight deck personnel run to receive a helicopter preparing to land on the flight deck on board the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as it patrols the Arabian Gulf during a Strait of Hormuz transit February 14, 2012. Picture taken February 14, 2012.
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Sailors from the VFA-2 maintenance team stand near aircraft in the hangar bay on board the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as it patrols the Arabian Gulf during a Strait of Hormuz transit February 14, 2012. Picture taken February 14, 2012.
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Sailors rest on the catwalk as they wait to refuel a helicopter on board the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as it patrols the Arabian Gulf during a Strait of Hormuz transit February 14, 2012. Picture taken February 14, 2012.
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In this Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 photo sailors from the VFA-2 maintenance team stand near fighter jets in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, CVN 72, in the Strait of Hormuz. The USS Abraham Lincoln sailed from the Persian Gulf through the Strait of...
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A picture taken on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, from the bridge of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) shows U.S. aircraft parked on the flight deck in the Strait of Hormuz. The USS Abraham Lincoln sailed from the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz on...
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A picture taken from the bridge of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) shows U.S. aircraft parked on the flight deck as a U.S. destroyer, background, patrols the Arabian sea in the Strait of Hurmuz, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. The USS Abraham Lincoln sailed from...
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Crew look out over the Arabian sea from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Strait of Hurmuz, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. The USS Abraham Lincoln sailed from the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday.
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In this Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 photo sailors exercise in front of F-18 fighter jets in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Strait of Hormuz. The USS Abraham Lincoln sailed from the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday.
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A picture taken Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 shows crew standing by to receive an aircraft on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during exercises in the Persian Gulf. The carrier sailed from the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday.
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Former Polish President Lech Walesa tours the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 in Springfield, Ill. The museum now includes an exhibit highlighting Walesa's life and accomplishments. Walesa is the recipient of the 2012 Lincoln Leadership Award from...
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School students take a close look at the life size Abraham Lincoln replica and his family while visiting the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum with classmates Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 in Springfield, Ill. Feb. 12 is Lincoln's birthday.
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School students enter the "White House" as a life size Abraham Lincoln replica stands outside, while touring the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum with classmates Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 in Springfield, Ill. Feb. 12 is Lincoln's birthday.
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Southeast High School students Tyrail Smith, left, and Michael Brown take a close look at the life size Abraham Lincoln replica while visiting the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum with classmates Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 in Springfield, Ill. Feb. 12 is Lincoln's birthday.
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A pair of shoes with Abraham Lincoln's face printed on them are among the items on exhibit in the Ford's Theatre Center for Education and Leadership in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. The new museum, located across from Ford's Theatre and next door to the house where Lincoln died,...
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The eye of a painting of Abraham Lincoln appears to peak through statues in an exhibit in the Ford's Theatre Center for Education and Leadership in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. The new museum, located across from Ford's Theatre and next door to the house where Lincoln died, will...
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A three-story sculpture "tower of books" representing over 15,000 titles that have been written about Abraham Lincoln, are part of an exhibit at the Ford's Theatre Center for Education and Leadership in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. The new museum, located across from Ford's...
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Actor Gerald Bestrom, dressed as President Abraham Lincoln, stands on stage before Elizabeth Santorum, eldest daughter of Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, campaigns for her father in a hanger at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport in...
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Abraham Lincoln: The Man (also called Standing Lincoln) by Augustus Saint-Gaudens during a ribbon-Cutting Ceremony/Press Preview for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s New American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture and Decorative Arts in New York January 12, 2012.
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"Abraham Lincoln: The Man" by Augustus Saint-Gaudens is displayed in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012.
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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln transits the Indian Ocean in this U.S. Navy handout photo dated January 18, 2012. The carrier sailed through the Strait of Hormuz and into the Gulf without incident on Sunday, a day after Iran backed away from an earlier threat to...
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Photographs are seen on a mirror as a sailor (L) waits to have her hair cut at a barber shop on board the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as it patrols the Arabian Gulf during a Strait of Hormuz transit February 14, 2012. Picture taken February 14, 2012.
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