Lincoln's Home

 

ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S HOME

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS

This home, the only one Mr. Lincoln ever owned, he bought in 1844 for $1500; he later enlarged it to its present appearance at a cost of $1300. This is the original structure (built of native hardwoods with wooden pegs) in which the Lincolns lived until Mr. Lincoln became Prewsident in 1861. Here sons Edw., Wm., and Thomas were born. Home is at northeast corner of 8th & Jackson Sts.

Presidents of the United States

PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1--George Washington. 2--John Adams. 3--Thomas Jefferson. 4--James Madison. 5--James Monroe. 6--John Quincy Adams. 7--Andrew Jackson. 8--Martin Van Buren. 9--William Henry Harrison. 10--John Tyler. 11--James Polk. 12--Zachary Taylor. 13--Millard Fillmore. 14--Franklin Pierce. 15--James Buchanan. 16--Abraham Lincoln. 17--Andrew Johnson. 18--Ulysses S. Grant. 19--Rutherford B. Hayes. 20--James A. Garfield. 21--Chester A. Arthur. 22--Grover Cleveland. 23--Benjamin Harrison. 24--William McKinley. 25--Theodore Roosevelt. 26--William Howard Taft. 27--Woodrow Wilson. 28--Warren G. Harding. 29--Calvin Coolidge. 30--Herbert Hoover. 31--Franklin D. Roosevelt. 32--Harry S. Truman. 33--Dwight D. Eisenhower. 34--John F. Kennedy.

 

 2016 President's Day is February 15

Lincoln Memorial -- Springfield, Illinois

Bronze sculptured head of Lincoln shown with the renowned Lincoln Memorial at Springfield, Illinois. This famous site is reached from Chicago and St. Louis by Illinois Central's daily streamliner, the "Green Diamond."

Winter Visits Mt. Rushmore

 

MT. RUSHMORE • BLACK HILLS, SO. DAK.

Winter comes to Mt. Rushmore just as it does to most sections of the U. S. A. This unusual view is seldom seen by out of state visitors.

Photo by Grant Heilman

Lincoln Memorial - Summit Sherman Mtn.

Lincoln Memorial on U. S. 30 & Interstate 80 at summit of Sherman Mtn., between Laramie and Cheyenne, Wyoming. Elevation 8835.

John F. Kennedy Memorial Forest

KENNEDY MEMORIAL FOREST

St. Louis, Missouri

A part of Forest Park was set aside in memory of the late President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated on November 22, 1963. The marker in the picture is one of 4 placed in the area of the Forest where special plantings are being made as a part of a "living" memorial to a beloved man.

Kennedy - Johnson

John F. Kennedy

President of the United States

Inaugurated January 20, 1961

Lyndon B. Johnson

Vice President of the United States

You Too Can Be President

Herbert Hoover birthplace as seen from blacksmith shop of Jesse Hoover, father of the President.

Herbert Hoover Library—West Branch, Iowa