It is named for Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president who led the nation through the Civil War in the eighteen sixties.

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You can learn more about Abraham Lincoln on the Special English program "THIS IS AMERICA" at this time on Monday.

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President Obama will return to Illinois to celebrate Abraham Lincoln's two hundredth birthday at a big dinner in Springfield this Thursday.

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President Abraham Lincoln led the Union of northern states in four years of civil war against the southern Confederacy.

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On a cold and cloudy day in March of eighteen sixty-one, Abraham Lincoln became the sixteenth president of the United States.

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Abraham Lincoln was the only president in American history to lead the nation during a civil war in the eighteen sixties.

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In nineteen forty-two, orchestra conductor Andre Kostelanitz asked composer Aaron Copland to write a piece of music about Abraham Lincoln.

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Barbara Klein has more. The museum at Ford's Theatre was created to show Abraham Lincoln's life, and death,in Washington,D.C.

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Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed at Ford's Theatre while watching a play with his wife in eighteen sixty-five.

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This week in our series, Kay Gallant and Frank Oliver tell the story of Abraham Lincoln's speech the Gettysburg Address.

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Confederate leaders ordered the attack after President Abraham Lincoln refused to withdraw the small force of American soldiers at Sumter.

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He was found guilty of murder. Like those found guilty of plotting to kill Abraham Lincoln, he was hanged.

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In the presidential election of eighteen-sixty, he supported his party's candidate, not the candidate of the Republican Party: Abraham Lincoln.

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Abraham Lincoln is remembered as the president who ended slavery in the rebel southern states during the Civil War.

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Doris Kearns Goodwin wrote about this in her two thousand five book "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln."

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Douglas believed that, of the other candidates, Abraham Lincoln had the best chance of winning the presidential election.

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The appeal was rejected. On July seventh,David Herold, Lewis Paine,George Atzerodt and Mary Surratt were hanged for the murder of Abraham Lincoln.

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The Democrat rose from vice president to president when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in April of eighteen sixty-five.

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On that same day, Abraham Lincoln left his home in Illinois to become president of the United States.

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President Obama took the oath of office in January on the Bible that Abraham Lincoln owned and used at his first inauguration.

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One hundred-fifty years ago today, President Abraham Lincoln approved an order for the services of seventy-five thousand militiamen.

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In nineteen forty-two, the conductor Andre Kostelanetz asked Copland to write music about a great American,Abraham Lincoln.

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So even before the presidential election, southerners began discussing what they would do if Abraham Lincoln won.

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Visitors also discover a funny side to Abraham Lincoln who was known for his sense of humor.

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President Abraham Lincoln is fighting to keep the Southern states of the Confederacy from leaving the Union.

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This week in our series, Kay Gallant and Harry Monroe discuss the beginning of Abraham Lincoln's presidency.

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James L.Swanson has written a book about the hunt to find the killer of President Abraham Lincoln.

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She says Abraham Lincoln is seen to represent the values that the nation most honors like truthfulness, moderation and respect for human rights.

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She says people are greatly interested in Abraham Lincoln's death, the first assassination of an American president.

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