Abraham+Lincoln-+19th+Century+American+Hero+by+Quadking123456789


 * //__MY DEFINITION OF A HERO-__ IS SOMEONE WHO HELPED A PERSON OR PEOPLE IN A TIME OF NEED.

__MY HERO!!!__// //ABRAHAM LINCOLN  // INTRO-1) **
 * HE WAS BORN ON FEB. 12, 1809
 * DIED ON APRIL 15, 1865
 * WAS THE 16TH PRESIDENT
 * LINCOLN WAS A SMART LAWYER
 * SUPERVISED THE VICTORIOUS WAR EFFORT
 * HIS EFFORT ON THE WAR WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND WENT WELL OVER FOUGHT THE OPPONENT
 * HE MADE HISTORY BY DEFEATING THE COPPERHEADS


 * EARLY LIFE-2)**
 * FATHER WAS A AFFLUENT CITIZEN OF THE KENTUCKY BACKCOUTRY
 * WENT TO CHURCH EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY BUT HE DIDN'T ENJOY IT
 * HIS FAMILY HAD TO MOVE FROM KENTUCKY TO PERRY COUNTY PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE SLAVERY LAWS

>HE IS A HERO BECAUSE HE HELPED OUT INT HTE WAR OF 1812. HE WAS SOMEONE THAT YOU CAN LOOK UP TO. HE WAS A PERSON THAT COULD TAKE CHARGE AND HE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AT THE TIME. HE LOOKED OUT FOR HIS PEOPLE AND HE TOOK CARE OF THEM AND E NEVER WANTED TO HAVE THEM GET HURT. LINCOLN MADE HI STROOPS GO TO WAR AND WHEN HE SAW THEM WINNING HE MADE THEM FIGHT HARDER BUT HE SAW LOTS OF PEOPLE GETTING HURT SO HE PULLED HIS TROOPS OUT OF THE LINE OF BATLE AND HE SAVED MANY LIVES. <
 * WHY IS HE A HERO?-3)**


 * WHAT IS HIS LEGACY?-4)**
 * HISTORIANS POLL THAT HE WAS THE GREATEST PRESIDENT IN U.S HISTORY
 * HIS NAME AND IMAGE APPEAR IN MANY TOWNS AND CITIES ALL AROUND THE WORLD AS A SYMBOL OF HONOR, PRIDE, FREEDOM AND STRENGTH.
 * MANY PEOPLE LOOK AT LINCOLN AS A HERO AND HE HAS DONE MANY THINGS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD IN THAT TIME.
 * WE CEIBRATE LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY EVERY YEAR ON PRESIDENTS DAY.
 * LINCOLN IS ON THE $5 BILL AND ALSO ON THE PENNY.
 * HE HA S A MONUMENTAL MEMORIAL AND I MUSEAM IN WASHINGTON D.C
 * HE IS WELL SEEN FROM MOUNT RUSHMORE, LINCOLN TOMB IN WASHINGTON D.C
 * ON NOVEMBER 19,1965 THE FIRST LINCOLN STAMP WAS APPROVED BY THE POST OFFICE


 * //What advice would they have for todays youth?-5)//**