Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln are mammoth, yet simple to describe ... he laid the foundations of the modern state. Legacy Lincoln’s legacy is based on his ...

at Gettysburg on the day of his address Public domain via Wikimedia Commons On November 19, 1863, near the site of the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln offered ...

The real origin of modern Thanksgiving, as with so much else of goodness in our national tradition, comes directly from the pen of Abraham Lincoln, who declared that this day in 1863—the last ...

President Abraham Lincoln died in Washington, D.C., on this day in history, April 15, 1865, one day after he was shot by actor John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln, who was elected president in 1860 ...