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City of springfield. Cyber is up to 2005 to the public, and home to many folks here in Central Illinois. A president ial library for the greatest president. The purpose of the library is very basic, to preserve and pass on the legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Hes a man who i think best caps related what it means to be american, what the whole idea of america is all about. Freedom, equality, opportunity. We do put him on a pedestal, rightly, but he was also a human being and had great ambitions to do great things. And he certainly succeeded in that. Abraham lincoln was born in 1809 in kentucky. He li...

Outskirts in oak ridge cemetery. So, like it is important to the city of springfield. Cyber is up to 2005 to the public, and home to many folks here in Central Illinois. A president ial library for the greatest president. The purpose of the library is very basic, to preserve and pass on the legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Hes a man who i think best encapsulated what it means to be american, what the whole idea of america is all about. Freedom, equality, opportunity. We do put him on a pedestal, rightly, but he was also a human being and had great ambitions to do great things. And he certainly succe...

[applause] thank you all for bringing this weather. As i understand it, lest they might have been worse. I might have been delivering this from the airport if we had done this last week. Want to begin our story a little bit after the civil war. On june 13th 1905. It was less than three weeks before his death that john hay awoken his cabin room on the are in as baltic, a great ocean liner that steamed the course from liverpool to new york. At this point john hay was a noted poet and historian, former newspaper editor and railroading executive. He served as u. S. Ambassador to the united kingdom...

Um, i think all the different stages matter. From my knowledge of children, you make one impact before they are six or ten or whatever and then when they are adolescent they seem to forget everything. And later on, you are surprised as they seem to remember some. But i think they did the best they could as parents. I think they were strong parents. Some of them turned out and some didnt. So much had to do with luck and the era. [ applause ] thank you so much for coming. Wednesday night, booktv features books about exploring america. First is astoria and then all america and then citizen explor...

Trusting that everyone will realize, particularly because of the letters she wrote home to her sisters, that they were enbroiled in this and they were. When abigail wrote a letter it was known it was actually written for the whole neighborhood. And mary would get the pleasure of having everyone important in the neighborhood come over and she would read allowed abigails letter. And then there were chapters when mary is trying find a minister for the first church of quincy and she is the most important person. And even john adams think she is the most important person in quincy. And one day, abi...