Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

“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 that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

-Born: Feb. 12, 1809-16th President of the United States-Famously known for the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclaimation-He was the tallest U.S president at 6'4"-He had four children, but only one survived into adulthood-Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 15, 1865