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From
1816 to 1830, Lincoln
grew up in a place now
known as
LINCOLN CITY, INDIANA
where his mother,
Nancy
Hanks Lincoln, is currently
buried.
AN INTERESTING
NOTE: Actor
Tom Hanks
is a descendant of
Lincoln's mother
Nancy Hanks.
AN INTERESTING
NOTE:
Lincoln's mother
died of "milk
sickness",
a disease contracted
from drinking the
milk of a cow that
has eaten the
poisonous white
snakeroot. |
In 1962,
President Kennedy signed
a bill preserving the
LINCOLN CITY, INDIANA,
farm site as a U.S.
Presidential Memorial
called the
LINCOLN BOYHOOD NATIONAL
MEMORIAL. |
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Lincoln served in
the
MILITARY as an OFFICER
in the
Black Hawk WAR |
Kennedy served in
the
MILITARY as an OFFICER
in
World WAR II. |
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Lincoln was a
BOAT CAPTAIN and
worked as the assistant
pilot of the
Talisman, a Mississippi
River boat
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Kennedy was a
BOAT CAPTAIN and skipper
of
PT 109.
AN INTERESTING
NOTE: A
Japanese destroyer
cut Kennedy's PT-109
boat in half,
killing two of his
men. Kennedy swam
for hours while
pulling one of his
injured men.
Eventually, Kennedy
and his crew reached
a small island,
where, after five
days with little
food or water, they
met some helpful
locals. The men were
finally rescued
after
Kennedy carved an
S.O.S. in a coconut
and had the
islanders deliver it
to the American base
by canoe.
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On June
13, 1836, 24-years before
he became president,
Lincoln was the first
elected official in
U.S. history to favor
extending the vote to
women. State legislator
Lincoln gave an Illinois
newspaper a statement
endorsing "FEMALE
SUFFRAGE."
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On June
10, 1963, Kennedy signs
the
EQUAL PAY ACT into
law, making it illegal
for employers to pay
a woman less than what
a man would receive
for the same job.
AN INTERESTING NOTE:
Kennedy did not
accept a salary for
being President.
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Lincoln was elected
to
CONGRESS in '46
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Kennedy was elected
to
CONGRESS in '46
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Lincoln was
the RUNNER-UP for
the nomination of
VICE PRESIDENT in '56
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Kennedy was the
RUNNER-UP for the nomination
of
VICE PRESIDENT in '56
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In 1836, the
Library of the
Surgeon General's
Office, later
called the
ARMY MEDICAL LIBRARY,
was established as
the institutional
medical literature
repository of the
U.S. Army Surgeon
General. In
1867, the Library
was moved to
FORD'S THEATER,
the site of the
LINCOLN
assassination in
1865. |
In 1956, Senator
JOHN KENNEDY
submitted
legislation to
Congress to
transform the
ARMY MEDICAL LIBRARY
into the "National
Library of Medicine"
which eventually
became the world's
largest
medical library. |
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Lincoln was involved
in a historically significant
political DEBATE in
ILLINOIS - the
Lincoln-Douglas debates
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Kennedy was involved
in a historically significant
political DEBATE in
ILLINOIS - the
Kennedy-Nixon debates.
AN INTERESTING NOTE:
The location of the
Kennedy-Nixon debate
was roughly 80 MILES
from where the Lincoln-Douglas
debate took place.
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The first
public suggestion that
Lincoln be the Republican
candidate for president
is believed to have
been in a letter written
to the Cincinnati Gazette
on November 6, 1858,
by
Israel Green. He
suggested a ticket with
Lincoln for President
and
JOHN (Pendleton) KENNEDY
for Vice President.
John P. Kennedy was
the former Secretary
of the Navy under
President Millard Fillmore.
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Kennedy's name
was also
JOHN KENNEDY |
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The Republican
CONVENTION was held
in
CHICAGO in '60 where
Lincoln was nominated
the
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE.
AN INTERESTING NOTE:
When Lincoln was 22
years old, he
consulted with a
"Negro oracle" (a
Voodoo
woman) while in New
Orleans with his
friend
John Hanks.
Lincoln asked about
his history, his
end, and his fate.
Gazing into
Lincoln's eyes she
told him, "You will
be President, and
all the negroes will
be free."
(Source:
"The
Life of Abraham
Lincoln" by Issac N.
Arnold, 31)
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The Republican
CONVENTION was held
in
CHICAGO in '60.
The DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
was held in
LOS ANGELES in '60
where Kennedy was nominated
the
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE.
AN INTERESTING NOTE:
During the convention,
John Connally
publically revealed
that Kennedy would be
unable to serve as president
for a full term because
of
Addison's disease. Connally's words about
Kennedy not serving
a full term would actually
become prophetic when,
in 1963, both Connally
and Kennedy would face
death in Dallas.
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In the
'60 Presidential
election,
Herschel JOHNSON
was a SOUTHERNER who
ran for VICE PRESIDENT on the
DEMOCRATIC ticket
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In the
'60 Presidential
election,
Lyndon JOHNSON
was a SOUTHERNER who
ran for the VICE
PRESIDENT on the
DEMOCRATIC ticket
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Lincoln ran as
a
MINORITY PARTY CANDIDATE
and was considered to
be a LONG SHOT for the
Presidency
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Kennedy ran as
a
MINORITY PARTY CANDIDATE
and was considered to
be a LONG-SHOT for the
Presidency. He was also
a Roman Catholic when
nearly all Presidents
before him were Protestant.
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LINCOLN WAS THE FIRST
PRESIDENT: Lincoln
was the first to be
BORN outside of the
original thirteen colonies,
was the first to receive
a patent (for a device
for lifting boats over
shoals), was the first
from the Republican
party, was the first
elected from Illinois,
was the first to wear
a beard, was the first
to be PHOTOGRAPHED at
his inauguration, was
the first to make appeals
directly to the American
public (through WRITING
thousands of letters),
was the first president
to receive a transcontinental
telegraph message, was
the first to "pardon"
a Thanksgiving turkey,
was the first to DIE
by assassination, was
the first to lie in
state in the famous
Rotunda, and was the
first to grace a U.S.
coin.
AN INTERESTING NOTE:
Lincoln grew a beard
from the suggestion
of a 11 year old girl
named
Grace Bedell
from Westfield, New
York in the fall of
1860.
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KENNEDY WAS THE FIRST
PRESIDENT: Kennedy
was the first to be
BORN in the 20th century,
was the first to come
from the Boy Scouts,
was the first to be
elected so young, was
the first of Irish heritage,
was the first to have
served in the U.S. Navy,
was the first to win
a Purple Heart, was
the first to win a Pulitzer
Prize (from WRITING
"Profiles in Courage"),
was the first of the
Catholic faith, was
the first to visit the
Pope during his term
in office, was the first
to hold a press conference
on TELEVISION, was the
first to participate
in a televised presidential
debate, was the first
to appoint his brother
to a cabinet position,
was the first to have
his wife travel abroad
on her own as FIRST
LADY, was the first
to make the secret recording
of phone calls and meetings
a regular tool of his
presidency, was the
first to DIE so young
in office, and was the
first to die before
his parents.
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Lincoln's
"deist"
RELIGIOUS BELIEF
caused religious bigots
to accuse him of being
an infidel, if not an
atheist, and of having
called Jesus "an illegitimate
child."
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Kennedy's
Catholic
RELIGIOUS BELIEF
caused religious bigots
to accuse him of having
an allegiance to the
pope and that this disqualifies
him from serving in
the White House.
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Lincoln was LOVED
by the COMMON PEOPLE
and HATED by the ESTABLISHMENT
and called "THE
PEOPLE'S PRESIDENT"
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Kennedy was LOVED
by the
COMMON PEOPLE and
HATED by the ESTABLISHMENT
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Lincoln was elected
PRESIDENT in ‘60
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Kennedy was elected
PRESIDENT in ‘60
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Lincoln's defeated
opponent, Stephen
Douglas, was
BORN IN '13
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Kennedy's defeated
opponent, Richard
Nixon. was BORN IN
'13
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According
to Lincoln's friend
Joseph Gillespie,
Lincoln contented that
"WE are more indebted
to OUR GOVERNMENT than
IT is to US."
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Kennedy spoke
these
famous words: "Ask
not what YOUR
COUNTRY
can do for YOU, but
what YOU can do for
YOUR COUNTRY."
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In '61,
Lincoln's Vice President
was
HANNIBAL HAMLIN
(whose monogram was
"H. H.") followed by
Andrew Johnson.
Hannibal Hamlin returned
to serve in the U.S.
Senate after leaving
the Vice Presidency.
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In '61,
Kennedy's Vice President
was Lyndon Johnson who
chose
HUBERT HUMPHREY
(whose monogram was
"H. H.") for his Vice
President. Hubert Humphrey
returned to serve in
the U.S. Senate after
leaving the Vice Presidency.
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Lincoln was uncharacteristically
YOUNGER than his
VICE PRESIDENT
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Kennedy was uncharacteristically
YOUNGER than his
VICE PRESIDENT
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Lincoln won the
election with
LESS THAN 50% of
the popular VOTE
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Kennedy won the
election with
LESS THAN 50% of
the popular VOTE
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Lincoln was
ELECTED on NOVEMBER
8th for the term
in which he were ASSASSINATED
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Kennedy was
ELECTED on NOVEMBER
8th for the term in
which he were ASSASSINATED
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The LEGALITY
of
Lincoln's election was CONTESTED
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The LEGALITY
of
Kennedy's election was CONTESTED
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WAR was
thrust upon Lincoln almost
immediately after
INAUGURATION
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WAR was
thrust upon Kennedy almost
immediately after
INAUGURATION.
AN INTERESTING
NOTE:
President Kennedy
technically was
never officially
sworn in as
President at his
inauguration.
Kennedy was so
nervous while
repeating the
oath of office,
that his left hand
repeatedly slipped
off the Bible.
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Lincoln fought
against ENEMIES of the
U.S. (Confederates)
during the
Civil WAR
AN INTERESTING NOTE:
Lincoln's wife, Mary
Todd, had a brother,
half-brothers and brothers-in-law
who fought on the side
of the CONFEDERATE Army.
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Kennedy fought
against ENEMIES of the
U.S. (Communists)
during the
Cold WAR
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Lincoln established
the '61 Civil War headquarters
of his
General-in-Chief George
McClellan to be
a house called
HICKORY HILL in
MCLEAN, VIRGINIA.
AN INTERESTING
NOTE: When
President Lincoln
met
Harriet Beecher
Stowe,
author of "Uncle
Tom's Cabin",
it is claimed that
he said, "So you're
the little woman who
wrote the book that
made this great
war!"
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Kennedy bought
the house called
HICKORY HILL in
MCLEAN, VIRGINIA, which
was the '61 Civil War
headquarters of Lincoln's
General-in-Chief George
McClellan.
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In '61,
Lincoln ordered a
BLOCKADE of Confederate
ports
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In '62,
Kennedy ordered a
BLOCKADE of Cuba
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Lincoln was directly
involved with
CIVIL RIGHTS and
signed the
Emancipation Proclamation
in '62, which became
law in '63.
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Kennedy was directly
involved with
CIVIL RIGHTS and
presented his
report to Congress on
Civil Rights in
'63 - the year of the
famous March on Washington.
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On NOVEMBER
19, 1863, Lincoln delivered
his famous
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
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On NOVEMBER
19, 1963, Kennedy sent Vice
President Johnson to
Gettysburg to attend
the rededication ceremonies
marking the 100th anniversary
of Lincoln's giving
his
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS.
AN INTERESTING NOTE:
Read about the
strange circumstances
surrounding Kennedy
and Lincoln's Gettysburg
Address.
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Lincoln quoted
Thomas Jefferson
in the Declaration of
Independence phrase
"ALL
MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL"
in his Gettysburg Address.
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Kennedy quoted
Thomas Jefferson
in the Declaration of
Independence phrase
"ALL
MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL"
in his book "A Nation
Of Immigrants."
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"87" is the number
of years between the
signing of the U.S.
Declaration of Independence
and the Battle of Gettysburg,
immortalized in Abraham
Lincoln's Gettysburg
Address.
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The
"87th" U.S. Congress
met from 1961 - 1963
during Kennedy's time
in office. |
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Lincoln wanted
to SWITCH RUNNING MATES
during his
'64 CAMPAIGN RE-ELECTION.
Lincoln replaced Hannibal
Hamlin with Andrew JOHNSON.
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Kennedy wanted
to SWITCH RUNNING MATES
during his
'64 CAMPAIGN RE-ELECTION.
Was rumored to have
wanted to replace Lyndon
JOHNSON with with
James Terry Sanford.
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In '64,
a book entitled
MR. LINCOLN AND THE
NEGROES, by W. O.
Douglas, was published
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In '64,
a book entitled
MR. KENNEDY AND THE
NEGROES, by Harry
Golden, was published
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On October
3,1863, Lincoln proclaimed
a national
THANKSGIVING DAY,
to be celebrated on
the final Thursday in
NOVEMBER 1863. According
to tradition, Lincoln's
10-year-old son, Tad,
became fond of a turkey
given to the family
for a holiday feast.
Tad named the turkey
"JACK"
and begged his dad to
SAVE THE BIRD. Lincoln
did.
AN INTERESTING NOTE:
At the age of 7, Lincoln
shot and killed a wild
turkey but suffers great
remorse and never hunts
game again.
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The earliest
provable instance of
the word "PARDON" being
used in connection with
a presidential
THANKSGIVING DAY
bird was a gobbler given
to President Kennedy
on the 18th of
NOVEMBER 1963. He
announced that he didn't
plan to eat the bird;
nevertheless newspapers
reported the following
day that the bird was
"pardoned." Days later,
President John "JACK"
Kennedy was assassinated.
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Lincoln is considered
to be among the
GREATEST of U.S. PRESIDENTS.
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Kennedy is considered
to be among the
GREATEST of U.S. PRESIDENTS.
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Lincoln ordered
a
NEW MONETARY POLICY
that allowed the U.S.
government to issue
INTEREST-FREE NOTES.
Shortly after his assassination,
his policy was REVERSED
to the old policy that
allowed only the
Federal Reserve
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Kennedy ordered
a
NEW MONETARY POLICY
that allowed the U.S.
government to issue
INTEREST-FREE NOTES.
Shortly after his assassination,
his policy was REVERSED
to the old policy that
allowed only the Federal
Reserve to issue notes. |
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 Lincoln's
PORTRAIT is engraved
on a U.S. COIN - the
Lincoln penny. Read
about
the controversy behind
the Lincoln penny.
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 Kennedy's
PORTRAIT is engraved
on a U.S. COIN - the
Kennedy half-dollar.
AN INTERESTING NOTE:
In 1963, the seal of
the
Lincoln $5 bill
was changed from green
to red. An urban legend
arose claiming that
this change reflected
the nation's mourning
over the assassination
of Kennedy.
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Of the
27 current
official presidential
memorials, one of
them is the
LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE
PERFORMING ARTS
established on June
1956 in New York City.
It is only ONE OF TWO
presidential memorials
established for the
performing arts.
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Of the
27 current
official presidential
memorials, one of
them is the
KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE
PERFORMING ARTS
established on December
1964 in Washington,
D.C. It is only ONE
OF TWO presidential
memorials established
for the performing arts.
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The National
Association for the
Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)
was founded on the
100th anniversary of
the birth of President
Lincoln who emancipated
enslaved African Americans.
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In 1963,
the
NAACP organized
a
March on Washington
where Martin Luther
King, Jr. delivered
his historic speech
in front of the
LINCOLN MEMORIAL.
This event was widely
credited for encouraging
President Kennedy to
initiate the Civil Rights
Act of 1964.
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