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NEWS ABOUT: Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln stories: 45 news summaries

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 Lincoln Letter to 
 Boy on Sale for $60K 

1861 note was sent to schoolboy to confirm their meeting

Nov 18, 09 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - When 8-year-old George Patten was mocked by classmates in 1861 who didn't believe he'd met Abraham Lincoln, his teacher wrote to the president seeking to expose the boy's tall tale. Lincoln instead sent the boy a letter confirming that they had met the previous year. That document, believed to be... More »

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president • Abraham Lincoln • letter • Lincoln letter

OPINION

 Obama's Health 
 Reform Waffling 
 May Be Savvy 

Prez perhaps following his predecessors in 'strategic uncertainty'

Aug 19, 09 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - It may not be timidity that’s keeping Barack Obama from pushing harder for a public health care option. He may instead be employing a time-tested presidential technique: “strategic uncertainty,” writes Jill Lawrence in Politics Daily. Key for Obama is getting strong Senate support for a bill, and... More »

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politics • FDR • Abraham Lincoln • health care reform • President Obama • public option

(Newser) - Federal authorities are on the case after a Pennsylvania paper ran a classified ad that appears to call for the assassination of President Obama, Editor & Publisher reports. “May Obama follow in the footsteps of Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley & Kennedy!” the ad read. Those presidents were assassinated in... More »

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newspaper • Secret Service • John F. Kennedy • Pennsylvania • assassination • Abraham Lincoln • classified ads • President Obama • James Garfield • William McKinley

Lost-and-Found Letter Shows Lincoln's Terse Side

Embattled prez had more to deal with than Civil War

May 29, 09 10:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A handwritten note dated just a few days before Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address has finally made its way back to the National Archives, the Washington Post reports. The terse communication from the president to Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase addressed corruption charges against a Lincoln appointee. "Even though this... More »

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Abraham Lincoln • Civil War • National Archives • letter • American history • Salmon P. Chase

(Newser) - A legend about a DC watchmaker who etched a secret message inside Abraham Lincoln’s pocket watch is true, the Washington Post reports. Smithsonian officials opened the watch today and found it amid the tiny gears: "Jonathan Dillon April 13, 1861. Fort Sumter was attacked by the rebels... More »

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Washington DC • Abraham Lincoln • Civil War • legend • Smithsonian Insitution • Fort Sumter • pocket watch • message

 Photo May Be Last 
 Taken of Lincoln 

Grant descendant found pic in private album of Ulysses S.

Mar 10, 09 7:55 AM CDT
(AP) - A photograph from a private album of Ulysses S. Grant may show Abraham Lincoln in front of the White House and could be the last image taken of him before he was assassinated, a collector believes. If it is indeed Lincoln, it would be the only known photo of the... More »

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White House • photograph • history • Abraham Lincoln • antique

Honest Abe for Commerce? Obama Pokes Fun at Trouble

Maybe Abe sat around waiting for a call to be commerce secretary

Feb 13, 09 9:39 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama poked a little fun at himself and his own Cabinet-appointee travails last night during a tribute to Abe Lincoln in Illinois, notes the Chicago Tribune. Obama drew a long round of laughter when he described Lincoln's pre-presidential days as a Springfield lawyer, "his feet on a cluttered... More »

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Springfield • Abraham Lincoln • Judd Gregg • President Obama • commerce secretary

Lincoln Made My Story Possible: Obama

Library of Congress mark bicentennial with special exhibit

Feb 12, 09 5:09 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama and Congress marked the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth today, with Obama reflecting on how Lincoln's vision led to his own success, CNN reports. "I can say that I feel a special gratitude to this singular figure who in so many ways made my own story... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • Capitol Hill • Abraham Lincoln • bicentennial • Lincoln • President Obama

(Newser) - If anyone has a right to be tired of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, it's writer and producer David Grubin. As a sixth-grader, he had to write it out 100 times or so—his teacher's favorite form of punishment. The actual words meant little to him as a 12-year-old, but their... More »

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Gettysburg • Abraham Lincoln • Civil War • speech

 Now 100, Lincoln Penny 
 Was First With 'Heads' 

'Monarchical' fears long prevented use of presidents

Feb 8, 09 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - As Honest Abe's 200th birthday approaches, his likeness in our pockets is often disregarded. But the 100-year-old Lincoln penny is actually an American artistic milestone: Its debut marked the first appearance of a real person on a US coin, the New York Times reports. After the nation’s birth, putting... More »

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history • Abraham Lincoln • US currency • penny

 President Obama Takes Office 

Chief justice swears in US' first black president

Jan 20, 09 11:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States. In front of record crowds and with his hand on the Bible used by Abraham Lincoln, Obama took the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts. The new president swore: “I will faithfully execute the office of president... More »

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Barack Obama • John Roberts • Abraham Lincoln • inauguration • President Obama • Inauguration Day • presidential oath • Lincoln's Bible

Youth, Ambition Will Meet Over Lincoln's Bible

Roberts to swear in the man who voted against his confirmation

Jan 20, 09 10:24 AM CST
(Newser) - The first person to call Barack Obama “Mr President” will be John Roberts, appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court in 2005. Today marks the first inauguration for Roberts, who invited Obama to visit the Court last week; both are Harvard Law grads, ambitious men who attained the highest... More »

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Barack Obama • John Roberts • Chief Justice • Abraham Lincoln • inauguration • US Supreme Court • President Obama • Lincoln's Bible

OPINION

 America Is Now Truly the Land of Lincoln: Durbin

Obama's election makes the dream of the Founding Fathers more real than ever

Jan 20, 09 8:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Abraham Lincoln's dream of extending the liberty set out by the Founding Fathers to all Americans comes one step closer to reality with Barack Obama's inauguration today, Sen. Dick Durbin writes in the Hill. Obama's election represents a “new summit” in America's long struggle to be "one nation,... More »

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Barack Obama • Abraham Lincoln • Dick Durbin • inauguration • President Obama • Inauguration Day • founding fathers

Speechwriter Obama Gets Competitive

Inaugural address pressure is on, but Lincoln may help

Jan 16, 09 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has nearly completed his inaugural address, and he's uniquely qualified to take on a seemingly insurmountable challenge: living up to the example set by the likes of Abraham Lincoln and John Kennedy. "I would think we would hear the most eloquent speech since JFK’s 48... More »

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Barack Obama • John F. Kennedy • Bill Clinton • Abraham Lincoln • inauguration • President Obama • Theodore Sorensen

 Inaugural Bibles: 
 Past Presidential Picks 

Lincoln provided the Bible, but Obama must turn to others for verse ideas

Jan 15, 09 11:52 AM CST
(Newser) - As Barack Obama prepares to take the oath of office Tuesday with his hand on the Lincoln Bible, the Wall Street Journal offers a sample of the Bibles other presidents have chosen—and the passages they've chosen to open them to. Eisenhower, Carter, and Bush Sr. took their oaths on... More »

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Barack Obama • Jimmy Carter • John F. Kennedy • Bill Clinton • George HW Bush • Abraham Lincoln • Bible • inauguration • Dwight Eisenhower • George Washington • President Obama • Inauguration Day • presidential oath

OPINION

Bush's Failures Show the Need for Pragmatic Prez

Like Hoover, Dubya stuck to his principles rather than compromise

Jan 14, 09 4:06 PM CST
(Newser) - What exactly made George W. Bush such a terrible president? His unwavering commitment to his principles, Alan Brinkley argues in the New Republic. Most Americans favor idealists over realists, in theory, so the criticism might seem strange. But the presidents we remember for their lofty goals and convictions—such as... More »

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depression • pragmatism • Abraham Lincoln • Franklin D. Roosevelt • free markets • George W. Bush • Herbert Hoover • idealism

 50 Ways to Improve Your 2009 

Resolutions for your health, wealth and playful self

Jan 1, 09 5:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Just in case your pledge to exercise more didn’t satiate your need for self-improvement resolutions, US News and World Report offers 50 more ways to improve your life in 2009. Here are a few:
  • Pack up for Vermont: When it comes to healthy habits and community, the Green
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television • dementia • Abraham Lincoln • crossword puzzle • Hulu • Guitar Hero • self-help • self-improvement

Obama Will
Take Oath on Lincoln Bible

President-elect the
first to use volume
since Abe himself

Dec 23, 08 11:15 AM CST
(Newser) - On January 20, Barack Obama will place his hand on the same Bible Abraham Lincoln used during his 1861 swearing-in, Politico reports. Obama will be the first president to use the tome since Lincoln. Though it’s not constitutionally required, “Presidents have traditionally used Bibles for the ceremony, choosing... More »

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Abraham Lincoln • Bible • inauguration • ceremony • President Obama

(Newser) - The bicentennial of Lincoln's birth will be celebrated Feb. 12, so expect endless tributes to the president beloved by ordinary citizens and historians alike. Unless, of course, you're south of the Mason-Dixon line, where anti-Lincoln views "aren't particularly radical," writes Alex Beam of the Boston Globe. Lincoln is... More »

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Boston • America • history • Abraham Lincoln • Civil War • South • Dixie

 Obama Will Train It to Inaugural 

Train journey from Philadelphia to capital via Baltimore echoes Lincoln's historic ride

Dec 15, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama will follow in Abraham Lincoln's tracks by taking a train to Washington for his inauguration, the New York Daily News reports. The president-elect plans to set off from Philadelphia on January 17, stopping in Wilmington—where Joe Biden will hop aboard—and Baltimore before entering the capital by... More »

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Barack Obama • Joe Biden • train • Abraham Lincoln • inauguration • President Obama • Inauguration Day

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