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A head-and-shoulders
portrait
of
Abraham Lincoln
, the 16th
President of the United States
and first President from the
Republican Party
, from 1863. Considered one of the
greatest Presidents
of the U.S., Lincoln is most famous for outlawing
slavery
in the
Confederacy
through the
Emancipation Proclamation
and the nation with the
Thirteenth Amendment
. He is also noted for his
oratorical
skills, having given famous speeches such as the
Gettysburg Address
. Lincoln had a lasting influence on U.S. political values by redefining
republican values
, promoting nationalism, and enlarging the powers of the federal government.
His assassination
, in 1865, made him a
martyr
for the ideal of national unity.
Photo credit:
Alexander Gardner
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Template:POTD
Picture of the day archives
:
2007 March
<
2007 March 3
2007 March 5
>
Picture of the day
A head-and-shoulders
portrait
of
Abraham Lincoln
, the 16th
President of the United States
and first President from the
Republican Party
, from 1863. Considered one of the
greatest Presidents
of the U.S., Lincoln is most famous for outlawing
slavery
in the
Confederacy
through the
Emancipation Proclamation
and the nation with the
Thirteenth Amendment
. He is also noted for his
oratorical
skills, having given famous speeches such as the
Gettysburg Address
. Lincoln had a lasting influence on U.S. political values by redefining
republican values
, promoting nationalism, and enlarging the powers of the federal government.
His assassination
, in 1865, made him a
martyr
for the ideal of national unity.
Photo credit:
Alexander Gardner
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