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Lincoln Birthday and Life Summary
February 12 marks Abraham Lincoln birth and his rise from a Kentucky-born self taught youth to the 16th U.S. president. He opposed slavery, pursued few formal lessons, worked as store keeper and postmaster before becoming a lawyer, married Mary Todd, had four sons, and was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. on April 15, 1865.
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