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By lincoln as he grew his practice in chicago, illinois. And for political appearances in chicago. Springfield was his hometown. He came here in 1837, and he was in new salem a Little Village outside of springfield. And he was tried a bunch of professions. He was a surveyor he was a store keeper. Finally, he decided to become a lawyer, and he came into springfield to practice law. He spent his entire career as a lawyer in springfield. And this was the state capital because of lincoln. He got the state capital moved to springfield. And then typical of lincoln he gets the state capital moved to ...

Really have this represent the country and even the world. If you missed any of American History tvs programs on president lincolns assassination, 150 years later, you can see it all online any time. Go to our website, cspan. Org history. Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 captioning performed by vitac National Book festival celebrating its 15th year. Thats a few of the events this summer on cspan 2s book tv. Coming up on cspan 3, American History tv looks at president Abraham Lincolns assassination which took place 150 years ago. Next, well show our coverage of a commemora...

All. Reading. And providing himself with a liberal Arts Education of a kind most people would dream of having. All on his own. With the help of his father and the local public library. But it was it swerved his the path of his life in a way that no one had ever had any way of anticipating. Sunday night at 8 00 eastern and pacific, on cspans q a. Each week american artifacts takes viewers into archives museums and Historic Sites to learn what artifacts reveal about American History. 150 years ago, actor john willings booth shot president lincoln as he watched a play from his box at fords theate...

In politics and often helped her husband makes decisions. Margaret taylor was opposed to her husbands nomination for president. As a teacher, Abigail Fillmore was the first president ial wife to have a profession and began efforts to establish the First White House library. Sarah polk, margaret taylor, and Abigail Fillmore, this sunday night on first ladies, influence and image, examining the public and private lives of women who fulfilled the position of first lady. From Martha Washington to michelle obama, sundays at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan3. As a complement to the series, cspans new boo...

We will hear about the company hated set of circumstances that ended in garfields death. This event from the Smithsonian Associates is about two hours. Professor nurnberger of the four u. S. President assassinations, the one i find fascinating and interesting is the one we will discuss tonight James Garfield. For quite a number of reasons. First of all, garfield is one of the most intelligent president s weve ever had. By the end of it or the middle of it, you will start laughing because you will just say, that cannot be. He cannot be that good in that field, it is just not possible. You will ...