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Who is this Mystery Man?
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He started school when he was eight years old
and loved to read.
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His first job was rowing a flatboat across the Ohio River. He was also a store clerk, a rail splitter, and a lawyer.
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He was born in Kentucky but moved to Indiana and Illinois.
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He became the 16th President of the United States in 1860.
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He wrote the Emancipation Proclamation and
freed the slaves.
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He was famous for wearing a stovepipe hat and was the tallest President at
6 feet 4 inches tall.
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As President-elect, he grew a beard for the first time, at the suggestion of an 11 year old girl who wrote him a letter.
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He was President during the Civil War and was assassinated in 1865 by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater.
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Abraham Lincoln
February 12, 2024 – April 15, 2024