Extemporaneous speaking should be practised [sic] and cultivated.     - Notes for a Law Lecture, July 1, 1850(?)

Abraham Lincoln Podcast

The Everything Lincoln podcast is an American history podcast--an audio show that you can listen to whenever it's convenient for you.

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Current Episode

Tad Lincoln

Episode 3: Tad Lincoln was the Lincoln's fourth and youngest son, born April 4, 1853. He and his brother Willie were quite, er, rambunctious in the White House. Tad accompanied Mary Lincoln to Europe after the death of President Lincoln. Tad died as a young man in Chicago.
15 minutes

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Tad Lincoln

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Recent Episodes

Mezzara's Lincoln Statue

Episode 2: The first statue of Abraham Lincoln erected in the United States was the San Francisco statue by Pietro Mezzara. The statue was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
11 minutes

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First Lincoln Statue in U.S.

First Lincoln Statue (Mezzara):

Lincoln's Birthday

Episode 1: Lincoln's birthday and the Presidents' Day myth. Several autobiographical accounts and one recollection of Lincoln's birthplace by painter Thomas Hicks.
17 minutes

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Cousin Dennis Hanks Tells about "Nancy's Boy Baby"
Lincoln's Autobiographical Accounts
Lincoln's Recollection about His Birthplace
The Honest-Abe Truth about President's Day

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