Looking for Lincoln » Interactives http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln A look at the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:28:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Looking for Lincoln Photo Contest: How to Enter http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/interactives/looking-for-lincoln-photo-contest-how-to-enter/293/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/interactives/looking-for-lincoln-photo-contest-how-to-enter/293/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:54:45 +0000 Christiane Wartell http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/uncategorized/photo-gallery-looking-for-lincoln-in-your-community/293/

Where can you find Lincoln near you? Do you see Lincoln in a statue or a plaque? Is a business or school in your area named for Lincoln? Or does the spirit of Lincoln live on in the actions of people in your community?

Submit a photo, including a description of what it shows and how it relates to Lincoln. Once approved, your contribution will appear in the public gallery!

The five best Lincoln photos will win the grand prize.

Contest Deadline: March 20, 2009

HOW TO ENTER

To enter the contest, you’ll need a Flickr account. Then, follow these easy steps:

  • Read all contest rules below before entering.
  • Join the LOOKING FOR LINCOLN Flickr group.
  • Upload your Lincoln photo to your Flickr account.
  • Tag the photo with the tag “lincoln”.
  • Add your photo to the LOOKING FOR LINCOLN Flickr group to complete your entry and share it with Lincoln fans everywhere. (How do I do this?) The photo must be added to our Flickr group in order to be considered. Limit: three photos per person.
  • Important: Be sure to check the email account you used to sign up for Flickr! If we select your photo, we will contact you through Flickr.

Make sure you follow these steps carefully, or your photo may be disqualified.

PRIZES AND JUDGING

The producers of LOOKING FOR LINCOLN will judge the entries and select five winners. The five winning photos will receive a copy of the program’s companion book, Looking for Lincoln: The Making of an American Icon by Philip B. Kunhardt III, Peter W. Kunhardt and Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr. The book contains more than 900 images, many from the renowned Meserve-Kunhardt Collection. The five winning photos will be featured in a Contest Winners gallery on the LOOKING FOR LINCOLN Web site.


CONTEST RULES

Adding your photo to the LOOKING FOR LINCOLN Flickr group with the tag “lincoln” constitutes entry into the contest. By entering the contest you indicate your agreement to the following terms.

  • You must be the creator of any image you submit, and you must not submit any image for which the copyright is held by another party.
  • Contest entry is limited to three photos per person.
  • Regardless of any license settings on your photo, you give permission to PBS and WNET.ORG to publish the submitted image, your first name, and your location on the LOOKING FOR LINCOLN Web site at http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/ in perpetuity.
  • Employees of PBS and WNET.ORG, and their families, are not eligible to participate.
  • In the event that your photo is selected for our slideshow, you agree to be contacted through Flickr mail. If you are contacted by the contest administrator, you agree to respond within 72 hours. If you fail to respond within 72 hours of being contacted, your photo will be disqualified.
  • In addition to the above, you agree to abide by all Flickr site guidelines.
]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/interactives/looking-for-lincoln-photo-contest-how-to-enter/293/feed/ 3 Interactive Timeline: Lincoln Over Time http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/featured/interactive-timeline-lincoln-over-time/260/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/featured/interactive-timeline-lincoln-over-time/260/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:48:59 +0000 Christiane Wartell http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/interactives/timeline/timeline-lincoln-over-time/260/ Take this interactive challenge to place events and images from the life of Abraham Lincoln in chronological order.

]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/featured/interactive-timeline-lincoln-over-time/260/feed/ 17 Quiz: Lincoln Myths and Misconceptions http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/featured/quiz-lincoln-myths-and-misconceptions/77/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/featured/quiz-lincoln-myths-and-misconceptions/77/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:57:31 +0000 Christiane Wartell http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/?p=77 var quiz = {id: 1, questions: [ { id: 1, text: 'Abraham Lincoln was a true frontiersman – he was born in a log cabin, read by candlelight, and split rails.', image: 'http://www-tc.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/files//home/wnetwp/webroot/wnet/wp-content/blogs.dir/16/files/2008/12/18000038_sm.jpg', isVideo: false, videoWidth: 0, videoHeight: 0, relatedUrl: '', moreInfo: '





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Abraham Lincoln’s Birthplace. This is the cabin where Abraham Lincoln may have been born. Some claim these are the original logs, taken down, refinished, and reassembled. Photo courtesy of PictureHistory



TRUE. Abraham Lincoln was born in a one-room log cabin, and lived in a log cabin for much of his youth. There is a log cabin currently standing at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in Hodgenville, KY, but it is most likely NOT the original structure. The cabin was razed and rebuilt many times – notably for a tour of fairs around the country in the late 1890s, where it is believed that some of the logs were mixed up with logs from the boyhood home of Jefferson Davis.

As for the popular image of Lincoln the Railsplitter, it is true. As a young man, Lincoln earned wages as a day laborer, and one of his many tasks was to split rails. At the Illinois Republican State convention in 1860, Lincoln’s cousin John Hanks presented two rails marked by a plaque reading “Two rails from a lot of 3,000 made in 1830 by Thos. Hanks and Abe Lincoln, whose father was the first pioneer of Macon County.” Lincoln admitted that while he didn’t know if he split those two rails in particular, he had split many rails in his lifetime.', correctAnswer: 1, answers: [ {id: 1, text: 'True'}, {id: 2, text: 'False'}]}, { id: 2, text: 'Where did Abraham Lincoln like to keep many of his papers and documents?', image: '', isVideo: false, videoWidth: 0, videoHeight: 0, relatedUrl: '', moreInfo: '





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Lincoln’s Hat. After the shooting, this hat was found in Abraham Lincoln’s box at Ford’s Theater, taken to police headquarters, and exhibited at the trial of the conspirators.



C. HIS HAT. According to Ward Hill Lamon (Lincoln’s friend, fellow circuit lawyer, and self-appointed bodyguard) Lincoln’s hat was the “usual receptacle of his private notes and memoranda.” He used his hat in a professional capacity as well – as postmaster of New Salem, Illinois, Lincoln would sometimes have to walk over a mile to deliver mail to families living on the outskirts of town – and would carry their mail in his hat.', correctAnswer: 5, answers: [ {id: 3, text: 'His boot'}, {id: 4, text: 'His coat pocket'}, {id: 5, text: 'His hat'}, {id: 6, text: 'His carpetbag'}]}, { id: 3, text: 'Mary Todd was not Lincoln’s first wife – he was married before he met her.', image: 'http://www-tc.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/files//home/wnetwp/webroot/wnet/wp-content/blogs.dir/16/files/2008/12/16117_sm.jpg', isVideo: false, videoWidth: 0, videoHeight: 0, relatedUrl: '', moreInfo: '





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Grave of Ann Rutledge. This is the grave of Ann Rutledge which is located in Petersburg, Illinois. Lincoln supposedly had a love affair with Ann Rutledge while he was living in New Salem, Illinois.



FALSE. Mary Todd was Lincoln’s first and only wife, but he was romantically involved with other women and even engaged before he met her. The two most notable women from Lincoln’s early life were Mary Owens and Ann Rutledge. Mary Owens was a young woman from a wealthy family in Kentucky. She and Lincoln met and courted in New Salem in 1833, but she had to return to Kentucky. She returned in 1836, with the understanding that she and Lincoln would be wed. However, by this time they were both having second thoughts about their relationship, and broke it off.

The story of Ann Rutledge is more ambiguous. Lincoln befriended Ann in New Salem while she was engaged to another man. Ann’s fiancé left for New York and never returned, and it is speculated that during this time Ann and Lincoln developed a romantic relationship and decided to marry each other. Ann wanted to break off her current engagement in person and waited for her fiancé to return; unfortunately, she died of what was likely typhoid fever in the summer of 1835. There is no documented proof of any romantic relationship between Lincoln and Ann Rutledge, only hearsay and oral histories. After Lincoln’s death, his friend and law partner William Herndon made the story of Ann Rutledge public, claiming that Ann was the great love of Lincoln’s life, and that Lincoln fell into a deep depression after her death.', correctAnswer: 8, answers: [ {id: 7, text: 'True'}, {id: 8, text: 'False'}]}, { id: 4, text: 'Mary Todd Lincoln was committed to a mental institution after Lincoln’s death.', image: '', isVideo: false, videoWidth: 0, videoHeight: 0, relatedUrl: '', moreInfo: '





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Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882). Mary Todd Lincoln is shown here in a daguerreotype taken in Springfield, four years after she married Abraham Lincoln. Photo courtesy of PictureHistory



TRUE. Unquestionably, Mary Todd Lincoln had an eccentric personality. She was very outgoing and talkative, and craved attention and affection. She was also very high-strung, with an explosive temper, and was prone to outbursts. According to one story, she hit Lincoln over the head with a piece of firewood when he let the fire go out! She was also irresponsible with money, forging invoices at the White House, and going on wild shopping sprees.

After the death of their son Willie Lincoln, Mary went into a period of mourning so extensive that her husband threatened to send her to an insane asylum. It wasn’t until many years after Lincoln’s death, however, that their son Robert Todd Lincoln had his mother declared legally insane. She was committed in May of 1875, and spent four months at the Bellevue Sanitarium in Batavia, IL.

Mary’s behavior throughout her life was certainly erratic, but it is debatable whether she would have been declared “insane” by 21st century standards.', correctAnswer: 9, answers: [ {id: 9, text: 'True'}, {id: 10, text: 'False'}]}, { id: 5, text: 'Lincoln’s famous beard is said to have been inspired by this person:', image: '', isVideo: false, videoWidth: 0, videoHeight: 0, relatedUrl: '', moreInfo: '





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Lincoln Writes Grace Bedell about his Beard. Click photo to enlarge.



B. A SCHOOLGIRL FROM NEW YORK. Shortly after Lincoln’s nomination for president in 1860, he received this letter from Grace Bedell, an 11-year-old girl from Westfield, N.Y.

Hon A B Lincoln…

Dear Sir
My father has just home from the fair and brought home your picture and Mr. Hamlin’s. I am a little girl only 11 years old, but want you should be President of the United States very much so I hope you wont think me very bold to write to such a great man as you are. Have you any little girls about as large as I am if so give them my love and tell her to write to me if you cannot answer this letter. I have got 4 brother’s and part of them will vote for you any way and if you let your whiskers grow I will try and get the rest of them to vote for you you would look a great deal better for your face is so thin. All the ladies like whiskers and they would tease their husband’s to vote for you and then you would be President. My father is going to vote for you and if I was a man I would vote for you to but I will try to get every one to vote for you that I can I think that rail fence around your picture makes it look very pretty I have got a little baby sister she is nine weeks old and is just as cunning as can be. When you direct your letter direct to Grace Bedell Westfield Chatauque County New York
I must not write any more answer this letter right off Good bye
Grace Bedell


His reply, one of the most famous pieces of Lincoln memorabilia, read:

My dear little Miss
Your very agreeable letter of the 15th is received - I regret the necessity of saying I have no daughters - I have three sons - one seventeen, one nine, and one seven years of age - They, with their mother, constitute my whole family - As to the whiskers, having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly affection if I were to begin it now?
Your very sincere well wisher
A. Lincoln


Despite the implications in the letter, one month later Lincoln had grown a beard. Lincoln met Grace Bedell in Westfield on his way to his 1861 inauguration.', correctAnswer: 12, answers: [ {id: 11, text: 'His son Tad'}, {id: 12, text: 'A schoolgirl from New York'}, {id: 13, text: 'His wife Mary'}, {id: 14, text: 'His friend Joshua Speed'}]}, { id: 6, text: 'How was the Lincoln bedroom at the White House used during Lincoln’s presidency?', image: '', isVideo: false, videoWidth: 0, videoHeight: 0, relatedUrl: '', moreInfo: '





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Abraham Lincoln in His White House Office. This is one of the only photographs of Abraham Lincoln in his White House office. It was taken by Anthony Berger, a Brady operator, to assist the artist Francis B. Carpenter in his massive painting of Lincoln reading the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet.



B. AS AN OFFICE. When Lincoln resided in the White House, he used the room now known as the Lincoln bedroom as his office. At that time the Oval Office was used as his personal library and study. He never used the room as a bedroom; however his son Willie died in the bed that is in the room today.', correctAnswer: 16, answers: [ {id: 15, text: 'As Lincoln’s bedroom'}, {id: 16, text: 'As an office'}, {id: 17, text: 'As the children’s bedroom'}, {id: 18, text: 'Nothing, it hadn’t been built yet.'}]}, { id: 7, text: 'This national holiday, originally celebrated on a state-by-state basis, was officially established by Lincoln in 1863.', image: '', isVideo: false, videoWidth: 0, videoHeight: 0, relatedUrl: '', moreInfo: '





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Sarah Josepha Hale



A. THANKSGIVING. Thanksgiving had already been celebrated in America for many years by the time Lincoln was in office, but not on consistent dates or in consistent ways throughout the country. Presidents George Washington, John Adams, and James Madison all declared Thanksgivings, and by 1858 the governors of 25 states and 2 territories had issued proclamations for a day of Thanksgiving. It wasn’t until 1863 that Thanksgiving became a fixed national holiday, when Lincoln issued a proclamation inspired by letters from writer Sarah Josepha Hale.

An excerpt from Lincoln’s Proclamation of Thanksgiving, dated October 3, 1863:

I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity and Union.
', correctAnswer: 19, answers: [ {id: 19, text: 'Thanksgiving'}, {id: 20, text: 'Labor Day'}, {id: 21, text: 'Independence Day'}, {id: 22, text: 'Memorial Day'}]}, { id: 8, text: 'The Gettysburg Address was hastily written on the back of an envelope during Lincoln’s train ride from Washington to Gettysburg on the day of the speech.', image: '', isVideo: false, videoWidth: 0, videoHeight: 0, relatedUrl: '', moreInfo: '







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This is the first page of handwritten text of Abraham Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address.


FALSE. Lincoln spent many weeks carefully drafting the speech he was to give at Gettysburg on November 19, 1863. He had been invited to speak as early as August and thus had plenty of time to devote to writing the speech, even discussing drafts with associates. Furthermore, there are five original copies of the speech in existence - none of which have the shaky handwriting of a man writing on a jolting 1863 train, or are written on envelopes.', correctAnswer: 24, answers: [ {id: 23, text: 'True'}, {id: 24, text: 'False'}]}, { id: 9, text: 'Lincoln was an abolitionist in the years preceding his presidency.', image: 'http://www-tc.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/files//home/wnetwp/webroot/wnet/wp-content/blogs.dir/16/files/2008/12/mes01509_sm.jpg', isVideo: false, videoWidth: 0, videoHeight: 0, relatedUrl: '', moreInfo: '







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Lincoln Reads the Emancipation Proclamation. Francis Bicknell Carpenter lived in the White House for weeks in 1864 researching this painting. To help him, a camera operator from Mathew Brady’s studio (probably Anthony Berger) photographed Carpenter with his legs crossed as the pose for William Seward. A photograph of Lincoln taken that same day, February 9, 1864, was used for the portrayal of Lincoln, and portraits by Carpenter of each individual cabinet member were used for the group scene. The finished painting was unveiled on July 22, 1864.



FALSE. The man known as “The Great Emancipator” was not always intent on the abolishment of slavery. Lincoln was raised to hold anti-slavery views and was against the expansion of slavery, but didn’t think that the Constitution gave the federal government the right to interfere with slavery in the states. His views on slavery were developed mostly for political and economic reasons. Additionally, in the mid-19th century it would have been an unwise political strategy to hold strong abolitionist views – if he had, Lincoln may never have been elected president!

The intentions of the Emancipation Proclamation are also steeped in ambiguity – did it actually free any slaves? The language of the document indicated that slaves would be freed in those states currently rebelling against the Union, but those states did not recognize Lincoln’s authority and thus did not adhere to the Proclamation. It’s suggested that the Emancipation Proclamation was intended as a political maneuver to preserve the Union, and had little to do with the slaves. Regardless of Lincoln’s earlier views and intentions, he did ultimately sign into effect the 13th Amendment, permanently ending slavery in the United States.', correctAnswer: 26, answers: [ {id: 25, text: 'True'}, {id: 26, text: 'False'}]}, { id: 10, text: 'This legendary example of Abraham Lincoln’s writing and language skills may have been written by someone else.', image: '', isVideo: false, videoWidth: 0, videoHeight: 0, relatedUrl: '', moreInfo: 'D. THE LETTER TO LYDIA BIXBY. This letter, made famous in recent times by its recitation in the film Saving Private Ryan, is said to be a perfect example of English Language usage. It was written at the behest of the Governor of Massachusetts, was sent to Mrs. Lydia Bixby after hearing that all five of her sons had been killed in battle during the Civil War. However, Lincoln’s personal secretary John Hay claimed that he had in fact written the letter and not Lincoln.

Dear Madam,—I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle.

I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.

I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom.

Yours, very sincerely and respectfully,

A. Lincoln


In recent years, the theory that Hay actually wrote this letter has fallen out of favor, based on evidence that he told Lincoln’s son Robert that he had nothing to do with the letter. The original letter no longer exists; it is speculated that Mrs. Bixby destroyed it as she was a Confederate sympathizer who resented receiving the letter from Lincoln in the first place.', correctAnswer: 30, answers: [ {id: 27, text: 'The Second Inaugural Address'}, {id: 28, text: 'The letter to Grace Bedell'}, {id: 29, text: 'The Gettyburg Address'}, {id: 30, text: 'The letter to Lydia Bixby'}]}, { id: 11, text: 'There may have been attempts on Lincoln\'s life before he was assassinated in 1865.', image: 'http://www-tc.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/files//home/wnetwp/webroot/wnet/wp-content/blogs.dir/16/files/2008/12/lincolndisguised-sm.jpg', isVideo: false, videoWidth: 0, videoHeight: 0, relatedUrl: '', moreInfo: '





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Political cartoon depicting Lincoln disguised, running through Baltimore.



TRUE. There was allegedly a conspiracy hatched to murder Lincoln in Baltimore, when he passed through there on the way to his 1861 inauguration. He wound up traveling through Baltimore in disguise. Another story tells that in 1864, Lincoln was riding unescorted to the Soldier’s Home when he heard a gunshot. His horse bolted and he lost his hat, but didn’t think much of the incident. Later the hat was found – with a fresh bullet hole!

Many believe that Lincoln knew he was doomed, and that death was following him. He reportedly dreamed of his own death and funeral, and had visions indicating that he would not live through his second term in office.', correctAnswer: 31, answers: [ {id: 31, text: 'True'}, {id: 32, text: 'False'}]}, { id: 12, text: 'After shooting Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth leapt from the balcony to the stage of Ford’s Theatre in Washington, breaking his leg in the process, and shouted “Sic Semper Tyrannis!”', image: 'http://www-tc.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/files//home/wnetwp/webroot/wnet/wp-content/blogs.dir/16/files/2008/12/mes02077_sm.jpg', isVideo: false, videoWidth: 0, videoHeight: 0, relatedUrl: '', moreInfo: 'TRUE. John Wilkes Booth was an actor, and he carried off his assassination of Abraham Lincoln in a particularly dramatic fashion. He had performed in Ford’s Theatre before, so it was not unusual for him to walk right in and sneak off to the balcony where Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln were seated. Booth shot Lincoln in the back of the head, grappled with Major Henry Rathbone (one of the Lincolns’ theatre companions), and jumped from the balcony. In doing so his foot caught on a flag, and so when he landed he broke his left leg. Many witnesses said that he yelled the Virginia state motto “Sic semper tyrannis,” meaning “thus always to tyrants.” Some witnesses say that he also declared that “The South is avenged!”

The assassination was part of a larger conspiracy to murder Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William Seward as well. Seward was stabbed that same night but not killed, and Johnson was not attacked at all.', correctAnswer: 33, answers: [ {id: 33, text: 'True'}, {id: 34, text: 'False'}]}, { id: 13, text: 'It is believed that this future President of the United States can be seen in this photograph of Lincoln’s funeral procession.', image: 'http://www-tc.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/files//home/wnetwp/webroot/wnet/wp-content/blogs.dir/16/files/2008/12/mes01314_sm.jpg', isVideo: false, videoWidth: 0, videoHeight: 0, relatedUrl: '', moreInfo: 'C. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. The building seen in the photo is the home of Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt. It’s believed that the two young children in the second floor window of the building are Cornelius’s grandchildren – Elliot (father of Eleanor Roosevelt), and future president Teddy.', correctAnswer: 37, answers: [ {id: 35, text: 'Woodrow Wilson'}, {id: 36, text: 'William Howard Taft'}, {id: 37, text: 'Theodore Roosevelt'}, {id: 38, text: 'William McKinley'}]}, { id: 14, text: 'There are many rumors and legends surrounding the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. Which of the following has NOT been speculated about the statue?', image: 'http://www-tc.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/files//home/wnetwp/webroot/wnet/wp-content/blogs.dir/16/files/2008/12/abraham-lincoln-bw14.jpg', isVideo: false, videoWidth: 0, videoHeight: 0, relatedUrl: '', moreInfo: '\"\"C. RAILS THAT LINCOLN HIMSELF SPLIT WERE USED TO CONSTRUCT THE PILLARS.
There is no truth to the rumor that Robert E. Lee’s face is carved into the back of Lincoln’s head. Other people’s faces claimed to be seen in Lincoln’s tousled hair are Ulysses Grant and Jefferson Davis. As for the sign language, it does appear that Lincoln’s hands are in the position to sign “A” and “L” in American Sign Language, but the statue’s sculptor, Daniel Chester French, has denied that this was at all intentional. Finally, Lincoln is not buried in or under the monument, but it is perhaps understandable why the Memorial would be mistaken for his tomb.', correctAnswer: 41, answers: [ {id: 39, text: 'Robert E. Lee’s face is carved into the back of Lincoln’s head, looking back at his former home in Arlington, VA.'}, {id: 40, text: 'Lincoln is forming his initials (“A” and “L”) in sign language with his hands.'}, {id: 41, text: 'Rails that Lincoln split himself were used to construct the pillars.'}, {id: 42, text: 'Lincoln is buried underneath the statue.'}]}, { id: 15, text: 'How many direct descendants of Abraham Lincoln are currently living?', image: 'http://www-tc.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/files//home/wnetwp/webroot/wnet/wp-content/blogs.dir/16/files/2008/12/rtlincoln_sm.jpg', isVideo: false, videoWidth: 0, videoHeight: 0, relatedUrl: '', moreInfo: '





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Robert Todd Lincoln.



A. 0. There are no direct descendants of Abraham Lincoln alive today. The only one of Lincoln’s sons to reach adulthood and have children of his own was Robert. Robert’s son Abraham had no children, and his daughters had three children between them, none of whom had children of their own. The last living descendant, Lincoln’s great-grandson Robert Lincoln Beckwith, died in 1985.', correctAnswer: 43, answers: [ {id: 43, text: '0'}, {id: 44, text: '1'}, {id: 45, text: '6'}, {id: 46, text: '11'}]} ]};
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]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/interactives/maps/interactive-map-lincoln-historical-sites/39/feed/ 1 Interactive Map: Lincoln Statues Across the Country http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/interactives/maps/interactive-map-lincoln-statues-across-the-country/187/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/interactives/maps/interactive-map-lincoln-statues-across-the-country/187/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:17:01 +0000 Christiane Wartell http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/uncategorized/interactive-map-lincoln-statues-across-the-country/187/ Photos courtesy of David Wiegers, Gurnee, Illinois.

Wiegers has visited and photographed over 200 statues of Abraham Lincoln and has plans to publish his photographs in a book tentatively entitled “A Life Worth Remembering – the Monumental Legacy of Abraham Lincoln.”

]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/interactives/maps/interactive-map-lincoln-statues-across-the-country/187/feed/ 15 Introduction: Analyzing the Evidence http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/analyzing-the-evidence/introduction-analyzing-the-evidence/87/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/analyzing-the-evidence/introduction-analyzing-the-evidence/87/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:32:27 +0000 Christiane Wartell http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/?p=87 While creating LOOKING FOR LINCOLN, historians and researchers examined photographs, paintings, historical documents and letters. This evidence of the past—left behind by those who lived it—can be an extremely valuable tool for understanding the life and times of Abraham Lincoln.

Below is a gallery of photographs, paintings, letters and historical documents that are important in helping us to better understand Abraham Lincoln. To uncover more about these items, select one from the gallery below to begin. Note: The questions and documents increase in difficulty as you proceed from Piece 1 to Piece 5.

THE EVIDENCE


Piece 1. Letter to Grace Bedell
Piece 2. Images of Abraham, Tad and Mary Lincoln
Piece 3. Abraham Lincoln Autobiography / Letter to Jesse Fell

Piece 4. Abraham Lincoln Deathbed Images
Piece 5. Gettysburg Address
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