Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky. Lincoln is known best for his stand against slavery. He was the 16th president of the United States. Lincoln led the country through the Civil War. One of his most famous speeches was the Gettysburg Address. It was written and given by Abraham Lincoln, on November 19, 1863, in Gettysburg Pennsylvania at Gettysburg National Cemetery. Abraham Lincoln presented the address in honor of the people who had died in the Civil War. The lines of the Address have been quoted many times. The lines were even carved on the walls in Lincoln's memorial: "We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain --that this nation, under God shall have a new birth of freedom--and the government of people by the people for the people shall not perish from the earth." Sadly on April 15, 1865, Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C.

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Lilly Bell