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Abraham Lincoln
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The 16th President of the United States, Lincoln drafted the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 which freed all slaves in the United States. Speaking out against slavery, President Lincoln said, "Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves: and, under a just God cannot long retain it."
As a defender of liberty, Lincoln often referred to the Scriptures in his speeches. His famous Gettysburg Address was delivered from the battlefield during one of our nation's most difficult wars: |
"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal...We here highly resolve that the dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
- Abraham Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address |
| John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln while attending the theatre. He is thought by many to be the greatest of all American Presidents for his knowledgeable and wise leadership, and his willingness to stand firm for the values of our founding fathers. |
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