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	The Lincoln Highway
		Bridges cracked and were rebuilt, vehicles became stuck in mud, and equipment broke, but the convoy was greeted warmly by communities across the country.
		The Lincoln Way is too firmly established upon the map of the United States and in the minds and hearts of the people as a great, useful and everlasting memorial to Abraham Lincoln to warrant any skepticism as to the attitude of those States crossed by the route.
		The Lincoln Highway was officially marked and dedicated to the memory of Abraham Lincoln on September 1, 1928.
	www.fhwa.dot.gov /infrastructure/lincoln.htm (4230 words)

	ABRAHAM LINCOLN MEMORIAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Abraham's father, Thomas Lincoln, was born in Rockingham County in backcountry Virginia in 1778.
		Lincoln and a colleague declared that slavery was "founded on both injustice and bad politics, but the promulgation of abolitionist doctrine tends rather to increase than abate its evil." Lincoln was against slavery, but he favored lawful means of achieving its destruction.
		Lincoln promised to recognize the new government if two conditions were met: the new government outlawed slavery; and the number of those voting for the new government was at least 10 percent of those who had voted in the 1860 presidential election.
	www.sangha.net /messengers/lincoln.htm (12372 words)

	Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Theories
		Just as Lincoln may have ordered the killing of Jefferson Davis and his Cabinet by Ulrich Dahlgren and his men, Judah Benjamin and Jefferson Davis were involved in the plans to kidnap and later assassinate Abraham Lincoln.
		Lincoln was viewed as a threat to the established order of things, and he was assassinated as a result.
		In 1906 Chiniquy said that "the President, Abraham Lincoln, was assassinated by the priests and the Jesuits of Rome." In 1856 Chiniquy had been defended in court by Lincoln.
	home.att.net /~rjnorton/Lincoln74.html (2861 words)

	Explore DC: Abraham Lincoln
		Lincoln was born in a one-room log cabin in Kentucky in 1809.
		Lincoln was devoted to Tad, the youngest son, and spent many hours reading under an old copper beech tree near the house while Tad played in its branches.
		Lincoln was devoted to her and bore her outbursts stoically, hoping that with the war's end they would regain the peace and happiness of their early life together.
	www.exploredc.org /index.php?id=91 (993 words)

	LEE COUNTY ILLINOIS FEATURED FAMILIES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Again, the bridge, now called the Eustace Bridge, was repaired only to be once again swept away by flood in 1858 with this same high water destroying the recently rebuilt free bridge downstream.
		The Dixon Telegraph" at that time stated that the bridge was rebuilt and repaired "without stopping a single train." On May 10, 1866, the middle span of the free bridge went down, was repaired and again, in 1868, was destroyed by high water and floating ice jams.
		bridge was dedicated as a memorial to the soldiers of Dixon and Lee County that had served their country in World War I. Built at a cost of $166,000, the bridge was a joint fmancial effort of both the city and the county.
	www.iltrails.org /lee/leerr.html (1657 words)

	Blair Historic Preservation Alliance
		Before a bridge was built across the river, trains were transported across the river in the winter on the ice and in warmer weather they crossed on a ferry.
		In 1928 and 1929, a new bridge was built across the Missouri, near the CandNW railroad by Blair, Nebraska.
		The bridge was named the "Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge" although the road was no longer officially the Lincoln Highway.
	www.blairhistory.com /landmarks/blair_bridge/default.htm (175 words)

	McLeansboro.com: A History of Abraham Lincoln ... by Thomas R. McKinnis
		Lincoln and three of their four sons are in cryts south of the cenotaph: Edward "Eddie" Baker (1846-1850); William "Willie" Wallace (1850-1862); and Thomas "Tad" (1853-1871).
		These are: Lincoln the Ranger, by Fred Torrey; Lincoln the Soldier, by Leonard Crunelle; Lincoln the President, by Augustus St. Gaudens; Lincoln the Circuit Rider, by Torrey; the Birthplace Statue, by Adolph A. Weinman; Lincoln the Debater, by Crunelle; Lincoln in Deep Thought, by French; and Lincoln the Lawyer, by Lorado Taft.
		Lincoln stepped to the platform and inquired of the large crowd which had assembled if little Grace Bedell, with whom he had had some correspondence, was present.
	www.mcleansboro.com /history/abraham_lincoln_biography.htm (2976 words)

	A Veterans Guide to Washington, D.C. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The memorial's foundations are carried down to a depth of from 44 to 65 feet and are in sold rock.
		The memorial consists of a bronze bust on a limestone pedestal located in a plaza surrounded by a low wall on which are bronze plaques highlighting the three phases of his career: soldier, clergyman and statesman.
		The memorial to officers, sailors and marines who served in the United States Navy or fell in defense of the Union from 1861-1865, is of Carrera marble, 44 feet high.
	www.va.gov /OCA/vetdc_USA.htm (4062 words)

	Chicago Tribune \| Land of Lincoln
		Abraham Lincoln, the Great Emancipator, found purpose here, split rails here, went broke here, married here, practiced law here, fathered and buried children here, debated here, and lost and won and lost and won elections here.
		There is a statue of Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln Park on Chicago's North Side, which is a good thing, considering the park also has statues of Franklin, Grant, Shakespeare, Hans Christian Andersen and Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod.
		Lincoln and his family, emigrating from Indiana, were probably there in 1830.
	www.chicagotribune.com /news/chi-000820drives-lincoln,0,139172.story (639 words)

	Chicago Tribune \| Land of Lincoln
		It was Lincoln's worst performance--see David Herbert Donald's brilliant biography, "Lincoln"--but none of that is on the marker in Charleston.
		Lincoln spent much time in Decatur--some of it working, then sleeping where he worked, in a log courthouse that now sits in the Macon County Historical Museum complex on the edge of town.
		Because of Lincoln, then in the state legislature, and his allies, the state capital was moved in 1839 from Vandalia to Springfield, in Lincoln's home county.
	www.chicagotribune.com /travel/chi-000820drives-lincoln,0,294362.story (4409 words)

	Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King and the English Classroom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		I ask students to look at the complex Lincoln as found in his reply to an 1862 newspaper editorial which called for an immediate emancipation of slaves something which Lincoln was not yet prepared to announce.
		Lincoln eventually came to believe that the four years of unimaginable bloodshed was God's punishment for all Americans' implicit acceptance of slavery, and he did not exempt himself from such condemnation.
		Abraham Lincoln, with human flaws and heroic traits, is part of the common American heritage whites and Blacks share.
	www.arthes.com /composition/abemartin.htm (1652 words)

	EDINBURGH - Online Information article about EDINBURGH
		The Scottish dead in the American Civil War are commemorated in a monument bearing a life-sized figure of Abraham Lincoln and a freed slave.
		Before the building of the Forth Bridge the customary approach to Fifeshire and the north-east of Scotland was by means of a steam ferry from Granton to Burntisland, which is still used to some extent.
		In 1763 the first North Bridge, connecting the Old Town with the sloping ground on which after-wards stood the Register House and the theatre in Shakespeare Square, was opened; a little later the Nor' Loch was partially drained, and the bridging of the Cowgate in 1785 encouraged expansion southwards.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /ECG_EMS/EDINBURGH.html (9513 words)

	Routes 21 thru 40
		In the 1950's a new approach to and bridge over the Mississippi River was built and the old road became Alternate-US-30, then IL-136 (since the matching IA road was IA-136).
		At one mile in length, the bridge is the longest in Illinois.
		Bridge work continued for the overpasses between Normal and Oglesby during the summer of 1990.
	www.n9jig.com /21-40.html (3515 words)

	Welcome to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Republican Abraham Lincoln and Democrat Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861) hold seven debates in the United States Senate contest; Douglas wins the election.
		Lincoln is assassinated in Washington, D.C.; buried in Springfield.
		Abraham Lincoln Home in Springfield is designated the first national historic site in Illinois.
	www.state.il.us /hpa/lib/ILChronology.htm (3725 words)

	Interstate 39 @ Interstate-Guide.com
		Bridge widening in southern Wisconsin between the state line and Madison started in 2003, with hopes of expanding the freeway to six lanes eventually.
		Two more views of the one-half mile sign bridge on Interstate 55 south for Interstate 39/U.S. Rockford, the original northern terminus of Interstate 39, is 120 miles from this stretch of Interstate 55.
		One-half mile sign bridge on Interstate 55 north for Interstate 39/U.S. This assembly is located on Interstate 55 as it curves to the east of Interstate 74 north of Normal.
	www.interstate-guide.com /i-039.html (3236 words)

	Washington DC - Lincoln Memorial
		President Abraham Lincoln was assasinated at the Ford's Theatre in Washington.
		The Lincoln Memorial lies at one end of Memorial Bridge and has a clear view of the National Mall, stretching past the Washington Monument to the Capitol Building on Capitol Hill.
		The Memorial is a Greek style temple, with a column for each of the 32 states in the Union (at the time of construction), which houses a 19 foot tall marble statue of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States.
	www.washington-landmarks.com /lincoln_memorial.html (160 words)

	The Lincoln Highway National Museum & Archives-Dedication of the Lincoln Highway-October 31, 1913
		Lincoln Memorial Highway which he thought must surely provide a big time.
		Atlantic to the Pacific as a memorial to Abraham Lincoln.
		Abraham Lincoln and recognition of the Lincoln Memorial Highway.
	www.lincoln-highway-museum.org /Light/Light-Index.html (4446 words)

	George Rogers Clark NHP: Historic Structures Report (Chapter 2)
		Francis H. Gavisk; John C. Doolan, chairman of the Kentucky Historical Society on the George Rogers Clark Memorial; Logan Hay, President of the Lincoln Centennial Association; former Governor A. Eberhart of Minnesota; and Joseph B. Kealing, Republican National Committeeman from Indiana.
		The appropriation was made contingent on the State of Indiana providing a site for the memorial, and perpetual care and maintenance of the site for the memorial, and the memorial constructed thereon.
		Fortune was satisfied that the projected "memorial will be one of the greatest and most beautiful historic shrines west of the Alleghenies." Indianians would be justified for their expenditures toward the memorial by this congressional action.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/gero/hsr2a.htm (2105 words)

	Picture History - Lincoln Memorial Bridge
		Custom requests may take up to two weeks to be fulfilled and require an additional charge.
		This bridge was erected by the two states, connecting Indiana and Illinois, and aided by the federal government.
		Lincoln crossed the Wabash River with his parents and sister in 1816 when he was seven years of age.
	www.picturehistory.com /find/p/13411/mcms.html (100 words)

	Lincoln Memorial Items (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Memorial Day, Those Who Died, Lincoln Monument c1910
		Rare 1865 Abraham Lincoln Silver Memorial Medalet, XF 5 Different Choice BU Lincoln Memorial Cent Rolls
		Lincoln cent lot 3 albums folder cents memorial L@@K NR Postcard Lincoln Memorial in Kentucky UNUSED
	www.toolsinmotion.com /lincoln-memorial.html (161 words)

	Alexander Goes To Washington - Part Two: The White House and the Lincoln Memorial
		The Lincoln Memorial, across the Mall from the Washington Monument, immortalizes our sixteenth president, the Great Emancipator, Abraham Lincoln.
		At left, Alexander and his father pay their respects to Abraham Lincoln.
		Above, Alex openly flouts the "no beverage" rule as he enjoys a bottle of milk.
	www.leaptoad.com /ahp/washington2.html (404 words)

	j. - San Jose temple marks its life, from Abraham Lincoln to Rabin
		The Bikur Cholim Society of San Jose passed this resolution in 1865, mourning the recent death of President Lincoln.
		Rabbi emeritus Joseph Gitin came to Emanu-El in 1950 and served as rabbi until 1976.
		And recently Temple Emanu-El mourned a fallen leader much as it had in 1865: It held the South Bay memorial service for slain Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
	www.jewishsf.com /content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/3021/format/html/displaystory.html (775 words)

	MBR: Internet Bookwatch, December 2003
		The text narrates the life of this extraordinary twentieth-century woman and offers the fascinating stories behind her many unique and creative works of art, trend, fashion and decoration.
		Packed with insights to becoming a better golfer, as well as speculations on challenges facing the sport of golfing in the future, The Long And The Short Of It offers insightful commentary on multiple levels and is very highly recommended reading for all golfing enthusiasts from country club duffers to professional tour aspirants.
		The Official Guide To Wine Snobbery by Leonard S. Bernstein is an amiably and expertly written guide to everything from how to properly hold a wine glass, to matching foods and wines, to popular controversies surrounding wines and their tasting, and a great deal more.
	www.midwestbookreview.com /ibw/dec_03.htm (14486 words)

	The American Civil War Homepage
		Abraham Lincoln in the Civil War - an essay
		Assassination of President Lincoln and the Trial of the Assassins [by] Brigadier-General Henry Lawrence Burnett
		Lincoln's Virtual Library (from the Library of Congress -- includes general correspondence, and sections on the Emancipation Proclamation and the assassination)
	www.sunsite.utk.edu /civil-war/warweb.html (4402 words)

	Bob Greene
		Over the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge into Blair, Nebraska." She recorded in the journal that the four of them sang as they drove: One man was a tenor, "and the rest of us chiming in." Nebraska was "very flat country.
		The Depression was a recent memory; the war would soon be a constant cloud over the land.
		This was a window -- a small, fleeting opportunity for a young woman to do something grand.
	www.jewishworldreview.com /bob/greene052599.asp (802 words)

	Praying For Peace by Ron DiCianni (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		If you would like to make a donation personal donation to the U.S.O. please click here to do so.
		Abraham Lincoln, George W. Bush & George Washington
		Abraham Lincoln, George W. Bush & George Washington praying
	www.wildprint.com /praying_for_peace_RD.htm (391 words)

	GoPhila.com CultureFiles - Philadelphia Public Art - Art on Kelly Drive: Abraham Lincoln, The Pilgrim, James A. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		GoPhila.com CultureFiles - Philadelphia Public Art - Art on Kelly Drive: Abraham Lincoln, The Pilgrim, James A. Garfield Monument, Cowboy and General Ulysses S. Grant
		The Fairmount Park Art Association recently completed a lighting project so visitors can now enjoy these masterpieces after nightfall as well.
		The work is easy to miss if you’re speeding by, but unforgettable once you’ve seen it.
	www.gophila.com /culturefiles/publicart/kellydrive (308 words)

	Timeline 1661-1699
		1667 May 26, Abraham De Moivre, mathematician, was born.
		Wakefield, Rhode Island, USA, The Great Swamp Memorial marks the site where 4,000 Indians died in defense of a secret fort.
		1679 Jun 1, Battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beat the Scottish.
	timelines.ws /1661_1699.HTML (13626 words)

	Postcard: Vintage bridge postcards for sale. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		#4254_ CLINTON IOWA, MISSISSIPPI RIVER PACKET and BRIDGES
		#833__ DUBUQUE IOWA, DUBUQUE MONUMENT and CATFISH BRIDGE
		#4605_ PLAINS MONTANA, NEW WAGON BRIDGE (LONGEST IN STATE OF MONTANA)
	www.moodyscollectibles.com /htmlfiles/topic-bridge-postcards.html (681 words)

	History On-Line Resources including Abraham Lincoln
		Lloyd Ostendorf "Abe reading by the light of the fire" from his book Abraham Lincoln: Boy to Man
		Check Out My Tribute to B.F. and Dorothy McClerren, Lincoln Presenters and Friends of Mine
		Knob Creek, Ky Lincoln Boyhood Farm State Park
	www.alincolnlearning.us /abe3.html (82 words)

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