Sharing White House History about Abraham Lincoln
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The death of the young Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, who was shot as he attempted to capture a Confederate flag flying in Alexandria on May 24, 1861, deeply grieved President Lincoln. Ellsworth was a colonel in the National Guard Cadets in Chicago. He became close to Lincoln during the 1860 campaign, vowing to defend the candidate against harm, and he moved to Washington with the Lincolns. The president ordered his remains brought to the White House, where he lay in state in the East Room, beneath a wreath of flowers woven by Mary Lincoln.
The White House Historical Association and presidential libraries, historic homes, and museums have a shared goal of providing access to...
Abraham Lincoln warned the South in his first Inaugural Address, “In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mi...
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Christina Shutt is the executive director for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM), the premier institution for understanding...
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