BOSTIC, N.C. (WBTV) - Walker Mill Road winds through a bit of Rutherford County woods. Streaming alongside is Puzzle Creek, where you’ll find a simple roadside marker and a tale born more than 200 ...
The future 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, was born in a log cabin in Kentucky. Lincoln became one of the most revered and uniquely appealing U.S. Presidents, known as Honest Abe ...
This speech is almost as easily recognizable as the man who wrote it. Abraham Lincoln, born in Illinois on February 12, 1809, is one of the most beloved presidents (if you aren’t a Confederate ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Folksy, melancholy Abraham Lincoln would have been dumbfounded by the fuss over his birthday Thursday. Bells tolled, wreaths were laid, speeches intoned and banjos picked to mark ...
February 12, 1809 - Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Kentucky on Feb. 12, 1809. His father was a farmer and his mother died when he was nine years old. His father’s second wife encouraged ...
They were born less than a year and about 100 miles apart, and they departed for their inaugurations on the same day, Feb. 11, 1861. Their differences, of course, dwarf the similarities. Abraham ...