Memorial Day is born / [Louis A. Warren]. [19--]

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Memorial Day is born / [Louis A. Warren]. [19--]

Explains that Memorial Day had its roots in Abraham Lincoln's funeral journey from Washington, D.C. to Springfield, Ill.

5 leaves ; 28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7089913

Larue County Public Library

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Warren, Louis Austin, 1885-....

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Biographical note: Dr. Louis Austin Warren, the minister of the Elizabethtown Christian Church in Hardin County, Kentucky, had a life-long interest in Abraham Lincoln and the Lincoln family, and spent many years collecting, compiling, and writing about Lincoln and his family. From the description of Warren collection, 1921-1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 191915650 ...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...