The village where Abraham Lincoln came of age is deteriorating. Lincoln lived in New Salem, Illinois, as a young man from ...

He led his nation through the most difficult times it had known, restoring a shattered Union ... Party in 1856. Two years later, in a battle that made national headlines, Lincoln fought Democrat ...

When Lincoln left Illinois and headed east for his inauguration, he told the crowd at the Springfield railroad station that he confronted challenges equal only to those that had faced the nation’s ...

In addition to being president, Abraham Lincoln was the post-master of New Salem; he also offered services as a wood chopper, county deputy surveyor, and lawyer. Abraham Lincoln was born in a one-room ...

In addition to being a public speaker, Fraker chairs Looking for Lincoln, an arm of the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area. For more information call the museum at 217-935-6066.

He led his nation through the most difficult times it had known, restoring a shattered Union ... Party in 1856. Two years later, in a battle that made national headlines, Lincoln fought Democrat ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains ... barely a month after Lincoln took office, Confederate forces fired on Union troops at Fort Sumter, South Carolina ...