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Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Lincoln on Presidents
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February 12, 1861: Lawrenceburg, Indiana
During Inaugural Train Trip to Washington D. C.
If the politicians and leaders of parties were as true as the people, there would be little fear that the peace of the country would be disturbed. I have been selected to fill an important office for a brief period, and am now, in your eyes, invested with an influence which will soon pass away; but should my administration prove to be a very wicked one, or what is more probable, a very foolish one, if you, the people, are but true to yourselves and to the Constitution, there is but little harm I can do, thank God!
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Did You Know?
On April 2, 1865, two days after Confederate forces were driven out of Richmond by the forces of Ulysses S. Grant, President Abraham Lincoln came to tour the city that had symbolized the rebellion. Lincoln came to Richmond not as a triumphant victor, but seeking peace.
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