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Abraham Lincoln

“Four score and seven years ago,” Hi! I’m Abraham Lincoln you might have heard that famous beginning of a speech in the Gettysburg Address, b ut we will get to that later. I was born on a cold February night the date was February 12, 1809 in Hanover, Kentucky. My early life was like any other kid, I had a Sister, Dad, and a Mom. But I only had one year of school were I learned my ABC’s. Soon after I was born we moved to Indiana because Kentucky accepted slavery. After that, my mother died of milk poisoning, but then my Dad found a new wife. Her name was Sarah Bush Johnston, she made life much happier and I feel we had a special connection. In my life I made log cabins as a young boy I was a very strong man. When I was a grown up I married Mary Todd Lincoln.

Some things I was famous for was I ended the Civil War and freed all slaves. I also had a few accomplishments like I never told a lie and I built the republican party back up. I was also captain of the Black Hawk War.

I have two spectacular speeches one was the Emancipation Proclomation. I issued two orders during that speech the first one freed all slaves in any southern states. The second one named ten states it applied to. The first one was issued September 22, 1862. Then the second one was issued January 1, 1863.

The second one was the Gettysburg Address. I especially took my time writing it, it took me three days to write it, but it only took two minutes to present it. “Four score and seven years ago,” was the famous beginning that referred to the events of the Civil War.

While I was president I was not mad at the south, I wanted to keep them part of America. When I was elected I didn’t know much about being president. Also I only grew a beard because a little girl wrote a letter to me saying that I should grow a beard to look more like a president.

Some interesting facts about me are that I put notes in my hat. I was also 6’3 and three fourths. I also wore a two foot tall stove pipe hat. Unfortunately I was assassinated April 15, 1865. I was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Fords Theater.