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East Haven Celebrates Abraham Lincoln’s

200th Birthday February 12, 2009

Abraham Lincoln, seated, and son Tad, standing, looking at album.
Source: Library of Congress LC-USZ62-11897.
DLC National Archives no. B-5737.
Made by Mathew B. Brady on February 9, 1864.
Photograph by Anthony Berger of the Brady Studio.

Celebrate His Life By Learning About The Man

A poor uneducated man who believed in equality, fought to free the slaves and save a nation. Explore the life of our sixteenth president. Learn facts you never knew about the tall quiet man from Illinois.

• President-Elect Obama To Take Oath of Office on Lincoln–Inaugural Bible from Library of Congress.
  Read the press release from The Library of Congress.
• What were Lincoln’s favorite foods?
  Learn How to eat like Abraham Lincoln at ehow.com.
• Did you know his dog’s name was Fido?
  Learn more at the Lincoln Bicentennial.
• National Park Service Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site.
• "On Feb. 12, 1976, Librarian of Congress Daniel J. Boorstin opens the package in the Librarian’s safe containing the contents of Lincoln’s pockets on the night he died."
  Read the story of this amazing discovery at the Library of Congress.
• Take the Honest Abe Quiz at Lincoln Bicentennial.
• Play the Abraham Lincoln's Crossroads game from the National Constitution Center.
• Lincoln Activites for Kids at Enchanted Learning.com.
• Visit Hagaman Library to celebrate this Lincoln milestone by reading.
  Hagaman Library books about Abraham Lincoln.

Celebrate His Achievments

• Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
• Abraham Lincoln, Second Inauguration, March 4, 1865
  History and photos from the Library of Congress.
• The Lincoln Institute.
• Miller Center of Public Affairs.
• The White House.
• Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project.

Civil War Struggles and Connecticut’s Connections

• Life, Speeches and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln Arnold Bernhard Library eBook by J.H. Barrett, published in 1865. eBook web site designed by Frances C. Foley.
• History of the 13th Infantry Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers During the Great Rebellion Arnold Bernhard Library eBook by Homer B. Sprague, published in 1867. eBook web site designed by Frances C. Foley.
• The "Twenty-Seventh" A Regimental History The 27th Connecticut Volunteers Arnold Bernhard Library eBook by W.D.Sheldon, published in 1866. eBook web site designed by Frances C. Foley.
• History of the Ninth Reciment C.V. "The Irish Regiment" Arnold Bernhard Library eBook by Thomas Hamilton Murray, published in 1903. eBook web site designed by Frances C. Foley.

Explore the Virtual President Lincoln

• Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition Opens Feb. 12, 2009, at the Library of Congress.
  Visit the exhibition this year to experience pure Lincoln.
• Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress.
• Mr. Lincoln’s Virtual Library at the Library of Congress.
• Lincoln Photographs at the Library of Congress.
• Assassination of President Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress.
• The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
  Selected Images from the Collections of the Library of Congress.

Thank you Mayor Almon for allowing me to create this web celebration of the Lincoln Bicentennial. I would also like to thank Director Karen Jensen of Hagaman Library and her great staff of Librarians for their help in creating this collection of resources.
East Haven residents learn, enjoy and celebrate!
F.C. Foley Webmaster

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