Statue of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Park, Chicago Size:S: 60 x 45cm The Palais de la Mediterranee

The Palais de la Mediterranee

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Tug-of-war at the Mill Hill Junior School sports day

Statue of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Park, Chicago Size:S: 60 x 45cm The Palais de la MediterraneeStatue of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Park, Chicago, 1887. Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States of America, joined the Republican party in 1858 and was elected president two years later. In 1863, he proclaimed the emancipation of all slaves in the southern Confederate states and later that year restated his anti slavery views in the Gettysburg Address. During his 1864 campaign for re election, he embraced the abolition of slavery. He was