LINCOLN MEMORIAL

LINCOLN MEMORIAL

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated just after the end of the Civil War on April 14, 1865. By March of 1867, Congress incorporated the Lincoln Monument Association to build a memorial to the slain 16th President.

Abraham Lincoln, the ...

Lincoln Marker

In February, 1861, Abraham Lincoln took a ‘Whistle-Stop Tour’ from Springfield, Illinois  to Washington, D.C.  on his way to his inauguration.  Hudson, where he was greeted by more than 6,000 admirers,  was one of 29 stops he made in Ohio.  ...

Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park began to take form in the early 1860s, when the city decided to turn what was then City Cemetery into Lake Park to provide green space for residents moving to Chicago's near north side. As the city grew, ...

Marian Anderson’s Outfit at 1939 Concert at the Lincoln Memorial.

On April 9, 1939, a crowd of more than 75,000 people gathered along the National Mall’s reflecting pool for an impromptu concert organized by the NAACP and the Department of the Interior. Before them, on the steps of the Lincoln ...

Lincoln Memorial National Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial National Memorial honors the 16th and perhaps greatest president of the United States, and symbolizes his belief in the freedom and dignity of all people. Lincoln saved the Union, but in doing so, he also preserved ...

President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home (U.S. Military Asylum; The Old Soldiers' Home)

Four presidents of the United States escaped the heat and humidity of summer in Washington, DC at The Old Soldiers' Home on a hill three miles from the White House.  During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln spent June ...

National Historic Landmark - Lincoln Home National Historic Site

"To this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe everything. 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 ...

National Historic Landmark - Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, lived on this land in southern Indiana for 14 years, growing from a boy to a young man. He used his hands and his back to help carve a farm ...

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site

Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States, was the first president born west of the Appalachian Mountains.  His birth in a log cabin at Sinking Springs Farm took place on February 12, 1809, when that part of Kentucky ...

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

Born in a single room log cabin on his father's Sinking Spring Farm on Sunday, February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln's early years on the Kentucky frontier helped to shape his character and prepare the boy who would grow up to ...