In the footsteps of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass both struggled to acquire an education during their lifetimes. Education was extremely important, and the topic of a recent Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Town Hall in Boston, Massachusetts. The event featured presentations from young people inspired by their speeches and writings, followed by a panel of educators and artists.Length: Published: Today at 1pm (ET)  

From the Web Site: The Lincoln Log: A Daily Chronology of the Life of Abraham Lincoln incorporates Lincoln Day-by-Day: A Chronology, compiled by the Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission with the cooperation and support of the Abraham Lincoln Association and published by the Government Printing Office in 1960. The text presented here includes all entries from that publication, [...]  

Our greatest vampire hunter? Thousands of books have been written about Abraham Lincoln, but none, until now, has dealt with his skills as a vampire hunter. Say what? Seth Grahame-Smith of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" fame (written with Jane Austen) is now zeroing in on the vampire craze with the grisly parody Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter to be published March 2 by Grand Central. More on TWILIGHT FEVER  

As he wrapped up a two-day, seven-city book tour with a rally at the Florida retirement community The Villages today, Glenn Beck wrote an open letter on GlennBeck.com. Beck writes that he is "meeting with some of the best minds in the country that believe in limited government, maximum freedom and the values of our Founders." What they come up with will be put into a new book called "The Plan." Then, on August 28, 2010, Beck will unveil...  

How would you react if our former President Lincoln liked men? Would you protest in outright resentment or march in a parade rejoicing his sexuality or simply shrug your shoulders in indifference? With a title like "Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party," it seems rather sacrilegious to imagine him, "America's greatest president," throwing such a bash.  

The animatronic president is set to debut after getting a high-tech update. But scholars say his speech, unchanged from when it appeared decades ago, is not like the real thing. It looks like Abraham Lincoln. It moves like Abraham Lincoln. And it quotes Abraham Lincoln. But historians say it still doesn't sound like Abraham Lincoln.  

Mr. David Wills was the principal person behind the establishment of the Soldier’s National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. For the dedication of the cemetery Mr. Wills asked Edward Everett to give the principal speech at the ceremony. Mr. Everett was...  

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On December 8, 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued a "Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction." While in the midst of the Civil War, Lincoln was farsighted enough to see the need for future reconciliation. Many Radical Republicans saw this document as giving too much to the South. Unfortunately, with Lincoln's assassination, his Reconstruction Plan would never come to fruition. First Official Mention by Abraham Lincoln for Future Reconstruction...  

Spanish painter El Greco often depicted elongated human figures and objects in his work. Some art historians have suggested that he might have been astigmatic--that is, his eyes’ corneas or lenses may have been more curved horizontally than vertically, causing the image on the retina at the back of the eye to be stretched vertically. But surely this idea is absurd. If it were true, then we should all be drawing the world upside down, because...  

...in the People’s Repressive State of China (PRoC), Abraham Lincoln’s stance on national unity during the U.S. Civil War and his opposition to the institution of slavery have been summoned up by PRC officials, media, and elites in efforts to explain and legitimate their own response to those they disparage as “separatists” in Taiwan and Tibet.  

Proclamation - Thanksgiving Day, 1863October 3, 1863 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added which are of so extraordinary a nature that they can not fail to penetrate and...  

President's acknowledgement of a meeting with an eight-year-old boy could fetch £36,000 The lesson of history for any small child is that if you are lucky enough to be presented to the future president of the US, then make sure you have evidence of the encounter before bragging about it to your classmates.George Patten, aged eight, discovered the bitter truth of that maxim in 1860 after he boasted at school about having met Abraham Lincoln...  

The Gettysburg Address, one of the most quoted speeches in US history, was delivered by President Lincoln at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, four and half months after the famous battle fought there. In approximately three minutes, Lincoln's address redefined the American Civil War as not merely a struggle for the Union, but as "a new birth of freedom" for the US and its people. Lincoln's address...  

PHOTO BY Fizz Ahmad/The Hoot" />PHOTO BY Fizz Ahmad/The Hoot" title="DSC_5326" width="232" height="350" class="size-medium wp-image-7070" />PHOTO BY Fizz Ahmad/The HootThe annual Lillian L. Rolde Memorial Lecture series continued Monday with a lecture delivered by Professor John Burt (ENG) entitled, “Abraham Lincoln and the ‘Dred Scott’ Decision.” The Farber Library’s University Archives and Special Collections Department…