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Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.

The only known photographs of Lincoln giving a speech were taken as he delivered his second inaugural address. Here, he stands in the center, with papers in his hand.

On March 4, 1865, Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address, his favorite of all his speeches. At this time, a victory over the rebels was at hand, slavery was dead, and Lincoln was looking to the future.

"Fondly do we hope — fervently do we pray — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord, are true and righteous altogether." With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan — to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations."

[mengala]

priceless classic

[Syl]

Old B&W's like this always make me want to be there myself even more :D

[nickakbar]

nice post.

honest Abe was born in my hometown!

The foundation of the house still exist in puzzle creek Bostic NC
(10 minutes from my house)

here is an artist depiction of the house


and here is the foundation as it stands today

(its the best pic i could find-it doesnt really show the whole foundation,i have been there in person)

the bostic lincoln center


"History books for years have taught that Lincoln was born in a Log Cabin in Hardin County Kentucky on February 12th 1809 after his parents Nancy Hanks and Tom Lincoln were married. There have always been serious doubt and questions about his birth and the time line associated with his parent’s marriage and his birth. The alternate birth story says that as a child, Nancy Hanks the mother of Abraham Lincoln and her mother and sister moved from Virginia to her uncle’s home near Belmont , North Carolina in what is now Gaston County. While there the family fell on hard times and they “bound out” Nancy in the late 1700's to the Abraham Enloe Family who were prosperous landowners on Puzzle Creek near what is now Bostic, North Carolina. Although she was a bound servant she was treated as a member of the family by the Enloe family, and everything was fine until she became pregnant. It was said she was pregnant by Abraham Enloe whose family she had been working for.

The North Carolina legend says that the baby was born in 1805 and that Nancy Hanks named the baby Abraham. The legend says that Nancy and the baby boy Abraham were packed off to live with relatives on the Kentucky Frontier and it was there that Nancy Hanks met and married Tom Lincoln.

People in Kentucky always said that Abraham Lincoln was always a very large boy for his age. It may have very well been that he was several years older than what his mother and father Tom Lincoln claimed.
It is a historical fact that Jesse Head the Methodist Minister that married Nancy Hanks and Tom Lincoln always said that the couple had a black haired boy with them at the wedding. If it was Abraham Lincoln, then there is probably no way Tom Lincoln was the boy’s father. In all likelihood Abraham Enloe back in North Carolina was probably the boys father, and Abraham Lincoln was probably was born in that Log Cabin on Puzzle Creek near Bostic, North Carolina and not in Kentucky."


"knowledge is power!" lol

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damn gots to be worth alot

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Bang

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[MeMyselfandI]

sweet

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And above and to the right of Lincoln, in front of the second to last pillar, is John Wilkes Booth.