February 22, 1842
Lincoln gives a speech at the Washington Temperance Society in Springfield, Illinois.
February 24, 1862
The funeral for President and Mrs. Lincoln's son Willie is conducted in the White House East Room by family pastor Dr. Phineas D. Gurley.
February 28, 1860
Lincoln gives a now-famous speech at the Cooper Institute in New York City.
Today in Lincoln's Life
Lincoln's Words
"I appeal to you again to constantly bear in mind that with you, and not
with politicians, not with Presidents, not with office-seekers, but with you,
is the question, "Shall the Union and shall the liberties of this country be
preserved to the latest generation?"
--Speech to Gov. Morton in Indianapolis, February 11, 1861