Photo of the Day

No. 534

Feb 06, 2024

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Abraham Lincoln, Tad and Willie, stand in the yard of their Springfield home, 1860.

On this day in 1861, thousands of people came to the two-story house on Eighth Street and Jackson in Springfield, Illinois, to say farewell to their friend and neighbor of twenty-five years, President-Elect Abraham Lincoln.

Lincoln greeted them for five hours as…

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