This Week in History
February 10, 1807
Lincoln's older sister Sarah is born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
February 11, 1861
President-elect Lincoln says farewell to a crowd of well-wishers in Springfield, Illinois, before leaving for Washington, DC.
February 12, 1809
Lincoln is born on a farm in Hardin County, Kentucky to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln.
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
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