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# Where can I learn about Abraham Lincoln?
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/where_can_i_learn_about_abraham_lincoln_1102101123/
- Published: 2010-02-11T23:23:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T12:41:20.000Z
- Description: A USA.gov reference page on Abraham Lincoln, noting his birth in Hardin County, Kentucky, his 1861 inauguration and 1864 re-election, his assassination on April 14, 1865, and links to material on his boyhood home, the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Miscellaneous, Health News, #vivvo-import

[Abraham Lincoln](http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/abrahamlincoln/?ref=foodconsumer.org) was born February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. He was the 16th President of the United States. A[bicentennial celebration](http://www.lincolnbicentennial.gov/?ref=foodconsumer.org) in 2009 commemorated his life and [legacy](http://www.nps.gov/history/logcabin/html/al6.html?ref=foodconsumer.org).

Lincoln was first inaugurated in 1861, and was re-elected in 1864\. He served throughout the [Civil War](http://www.archives.gov/research/civil-war/?ref=foodconsumer.org), working to end slavery and to put the country back together after the war. President Lincoln was [assassinated](http://www.lincolnbicentennial.gov/lincolns-life/bio/assassination/default.aspx?ekmensel=c580fa7b%5F18%5F202%5Fbtnlink&ref=foodconsumer.org) on April 14, 1865, and died April 15, 1865.

You may also wish to view additional information about Abraham Lincoln:

- [Lincoln's Legacy](http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0903/?ref=foodconsumer.org)
- [Lincoln's Boyhood Home](http://www.in.gov/lincoln/?ref=foodconsumer.org)
- [Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial](http://www.nps.gov/libo/?ref=foodconsumer.org)
- [Gettysburg Address](http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Gettysburg.html?ref=foodconsumer.org)
- [Emancipation Proclamation](http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trt026.html?ref=foodconsumer.org)
- [New Lincoln Pennies](http://answers.usa.gov/cgi-bin/gsa%5Fict.cfg/php/enduser/std%5Fadp.php?p%5Ffaqid=8205&p%5Fsid=DBlJCkUj&p%5Flva=8488&ref=foodconsumer.org)
- [What was in Lincoln's pockets?](http://myloc.gov/Multimedia/LincolnPockets.aspx?sc%5Fid=600000&ref=foodconsumer.org)
- [Lincoln Photos](http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2009/02/lincoln-photos-added-to-librarys-flickr-stream/?ref=foodconsumer.org)

By USA.gov team