Abraham Lincoln

Abraham lincoln by the way was a republican.

Politweets (Free subscription) | yesterday

Abraham lincoln by the way was a republican.

The Comparisons Between Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln

U.S. News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008

This week marks the 145th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, and Barack Obama has let it be known that he's reading Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals—a study of Abraham Lincoln's most powerful cabinet officers and how Lincoln managed to use them in winning the Civil War and preserving the Union. In his first and only post-election press conference, Obama added for good...

A Team of Rivals from Lincoln

gad-fly (Free subscription) | yesterday

Professor James Oakes of CUNY wrote this essay for the International Herald Tribune . Obama's admiration of Abraham Lincoln may be misplaced. Inspired by the wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, President-elect Barack Obama is considering appointing a "team of rivals" to his cabinet - if rumors about the nomination of Hillary Clinton to be secretary of state are true. But there's...

Media Says Obama Is Abraham Lincoln—They Elected Him, They Need to Keep Him There

The Black Kettle (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008

Truth In Politics: Land Of Lincoln No More?

Chicago news (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008

After Barack Obama's election, a lot of people believed the world would be coming to Illinois--inspired by him and the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.

Book Review: Giants; the parallel lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln

The Sable Verity (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008

It is likely that some brave historian will write a book one day, explaining Barack Obama’s appreciation and respect for Abraham Lincoln, one of the most controversial Presidents in American history. Indeed, Lincoln’s name seems to have been mentioned more in the past two years, because of Obama, than in the past ten combined. In my [...]

Union Pacific to Be Exclusive Sponsor of Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition at Library of Congress

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008

OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Union Pacific will be the exclusive sponsor of the Abraham Lincoln bicentennial exhibition, which opens at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., February 12, 2009, in celebration of

Illinois' Lincoln Legacy Hampered By Budget Cuts

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday

In the face of soaring budget deficits, Illinois is reducing access to some of its most celebrated Abraham Lincoln sites. These cuts could be devastating to the state's strong tourism tie to Lincoln and the revenues that generates, CBS 2's Mike Flannery reports : Budget cuts totaling a mere $2.8 million brought an early cut to off-season visiting hours this year at The Old State...

• Truth In Politics: Land Of Lincoln No More? - Chicago news

Picture Of Newsweek Cover: Barack Obama And Abraham Lincoln

CAFFEINATED POLITICS (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008

I do not know the last time, if ever, that a newly elected President has been compared or contrasted with other highly regarded U.S. Presidents. For the second time in a week, Barack Obama is featured on the cover of a major news magazine with a much-loved former leader. This week Newsweek has Barack Obama and Abraham [...]

Preservationists seek Lincolns for Lincoln

The Business First of Louisville (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008

The National Park Foundation, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and History — also known as The History Channel — announced Tuesday that they have begun a year-long initiative to raise at least $200,000 to preserve key sites associated with President Abraham Lincoln, in honor of the 200th anniversary of his birth.

• National Park Foundation, National Trust for Historic Preservation and History(TM) Ask America to Give a Lincoln For Lincoln(TM) - PR News Wire

Today in history: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008

On this day in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War...

James Crabtree: President-elect Obama is modeling his presidency after Abraham Lincoln

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008

James Crabtree: The presidency of Abraham Lincoln casts a long shadow on Barack Obama's choices for his administration's top positions

On This Day: President Lincoln Delivers Gettysburg Address

findingDulcinea (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008

On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered one of the most famous speeches in American history, the Gettysburg Address.

Quote of the Day (Abraham Lincoln, at Gettysburg)

A Boat Against the Current (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008

... that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”—Abraham Lincoln, “ The Gettysburg Address ,” delivered at the dedication of the National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Penn., Nov. 19, 1863 ( Sorry, folks, but Lincoln did not dash off these 272 economically chosen words on the back of an envelope; he’d been working on it since November...

• The Gettysburg Address - NewMexiKen
• Nov. 19 marks 145 anniversary of the Gettysburg Address - NY Daily News

Lincoln and the myth of ‘Team of Rivals …

jon.smajda.com/blog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008

Lincoln and the myth of ‘Team of Rivals’: People love Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book on the Lincoln presidency, “Team of Rivals.” More important, for this moment in American history, Barack Obama loves it. The book is certainly fun to read, but its claim that Abraham Lincoln revealed his “political genius” through the management of his wartime [...]