Since we always have a day off school to honor George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, we wanted to make sure that you knew a lot about them. Unfortunately, when this was typed, all of the paragraphs, capital letters and punctuation marks were omitted!
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abraham lincoln
abraham lincoln was born in a log cabin in kentucky on february 12 1809 when he was seven abes family moved to the indiana frontier where new settlers were moving only a few schools had been built so young abe read books at home often by firelight he wrote with charcoal on a shovel or board because he had no pencils and paper when he was twenty two abraham lincoln moved to new salem illinois people liked to hear him speak they elected him to the illinois legislature the group of leaders who make laws for the state abe taught himself to be a lawyer he ran against stephen a douglas for election to the united states senate a group that makes laws for the country lincoln lost but in the process he became known for his speeches against slavery in southern states white farm owners owned black slaves in the north white factory owners did not own their workers but they paid them very low wages most northerners were against slavery most southerners were for it because they felt they needed it in 1860 northerners helped elect lincoln president of the united states a civil war broke out between the north and the south the south wanted to become a separate country president lincoln and the north wanted the united states to remain whole during the war president lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation which led to the end of slavery in the same year 1863 he gave a speech after the battle of gettysburg in his address he referred back to 1776 the year the united states was born lincoln now asked for a new birth of freedom so that the government of the people by the people for the people shall not perish from the earth under lincolns leadership the united states remained one country abraham lincoln was shot and killed at the age of 56 his picture is on the penny and the five dollar bill turn them over to see his beautiful memorial in washington d c we celebrate lincolns birthday along with george washingtons on presidents day in february
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© Ellen Gabor, 2005