Abraham LIcoln

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
02/02/1809	Birthday	"LIncoln was born on Ferbruary 12, 1809 and grew up on the frontier farms of Kentucky and Indiana" ("Abraham Lincoln''). http://us-presidents.findthedata.org/compare/8-9/Thomas-Jefferson-vs-Abraham-Lincoln
01/01/1830	New life	"In 1830, lincoln decided to live on his own and had a job as a store clerk in New Salem" ("Abraham Lincoln"). http://www.yeoldewoburn.net/index1.htm
01/01/1834	Lincoln studied law	"Lincoln won the first of his four two-year terms to the Illinois state assembly...Lincoln began to study law" (Abraham Lincoln).http://inthearena.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/28/linda-salvucci-history-is-being-crowded-out-of-the-daily-school-schedules-in-many-states-across-the-nation-only-1
01/01/1836	Admitted to the bar	"After moving to the new state capital in Springfield, he was admitted to the bar in 1836" ("Abraham Lincoln").http://www.isba.org/ibj/lincolnwritingaward
01/01/1842	Marriage	"In 1841 Abraham LIncoln married Marry Todd" ("Abraham Lincoln").http://www.grubin.com/filmography/biography/lincoln/
01/01/1846	U.S House of Representatives	''Two years after his marriage, Lincoln was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. In his single term in the house, he opposed the Mexican-American war and the extension of slavery into the terretories and supported the right of voters in the District of Columbia to be able to abolish slavery '' ("Abraham Lincoln"). http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/us.capitol/s3.html
01/01/1848	Campaigned across New England	"Lincoln vigorously campaigned acroos New England for Zachary Taylor. He got disappointed when he did not obtainexpected appoinment as commissioner of the general land office that he withdrew from politics and concentrated on his law practice for five years" ("Abraham LIncoln").http://fineartamerica.com/featured/abraham-lincoln-plans-his-campaign-during-the-american-civil-war-peter-jackson.html
01/01/1856	Campaigned throught Illinois.	"In 1856, he campaigned throught Illinois, delivering speeches in favor of antislavery Republican presidential candidate John C. Fremont" ("Abraham Lincoln").http://civilwarplay.com/playwrights-blog/a-civil-war-play-abraham-lincoln-in-illinois/
01/01/1858	Ran for the Senate	''In 1858, the Illinois Republican Party nominated him to run for the Senate against Democrat Stephen A, Douglas" ("Abraham Lincoln").http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/
01/01/1861	Military tactics	"At first Lincoln had left the conduct of the war up to his generals, but following the dismal performance of the union army, he bagan to study military tactics " ("Abraham Lincoln").http://www.lmunet.edu/museum/exhibit/index2.html
04/14/1865	Death	"LIncoln was shot by the actor and Confeser sympathizer John Wilkes Booth as he watched a play. Lincoln's death became a symbol of the human toll the Civil War cost the nation" ("Abraham Lincoln").http://www.xtimeline.com/evt/view.aspx?id=62958
12/08/2011	Symbol: Bell	"The bell represents abraham lincoln because it means joy and freedom" ("Bell").http://www.nmha.org/go/bell
12/08/2011	Animal: Cougar	"The cougar represents leadership, courage, power, swiftness, and balance, and that describes Abraham Lincoln" ("Animal Symbols").http://animaldiscoveryonline.com/cougar-16.html