When was abraham lincoln died
When was abraham lincoln born and died...
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Thank you. Please, be seated.
Thank you very much.
Madam Speaker, Leader Reid, members of Congress, dear friends, former colleagues:
It is a great honor to be here -- a place where Lincoln served, was inaugurated, and where the nation he saved bid him a last farewell.
As we mark the bicentennial of our 16th President's birth, I cannot claim to know as much about his life and works as many who are also speaking today, but I can say that I feel a special gratitude to this singular figure who in so many ways made my own story possible -- and in so many ways made America's story possible.
It is fitting that we are holding this celebration here at the Capitol, for the life of this building is bound ever so closely to the times of this immortal President.
Built by artisans and craftsmen, but also immigrants and slaves, it was here, in t