This Week in History
August 25, 1835
Lincoln's friend and sweetheart, Ann Rutledge, dies at age 22 in Sangamon County, Illinois.
August 26, 1863
President Lincoln declines an invitation to speak at a mass meeting in Springfield, Illinois, but provides a message to be read at the event.
August 27, 1858
The second LIncoln-Douglas debate in the U.S. Senate race is held in Freeport, Illinois.
Today in Lincoln's Life
Lincoln's Words
"I appeal to you again to constantly bear in mind that with you, and not
with politicians, not with Presidents, not with office-seekers, but with you,
is the question, "Shall the Union and shall the liberties of this country be
preserved to the latest generation?"
--Speech to Gov. Morton in Indianapolis, February 11, 1861
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