A Project by HIST 1000 Students at the University of New Haven
 
Category: <span>Political Leaders</span>

The Washington D.C. Lincoln Memorial

Who was Abraham Lincoln? Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky, in 1809. As a child, his family moved several times, eventually settling in Indiana and later Illinois. Growing up in poverty, Lincoln had very little formal education, but he was largely self-taught and developed …