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Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln was seeing the play, "Our American Cousin", when he was shot.

Lincoln was the first president to have a beard while in office.

Lincoln, Nebraska was named after Abraham Lincoln.

A plot was developed to steal Lincoln's body, so a secret society to guard his tomb was formed.

Lincoln was the tallest president. He was 6 feet and four inches tall.

Lincoln once had a dream right before the fall of Richmond that he would die. He dreamt that he was in the White House, he heard crying and when he found the room it was coming from he asked who had died. The man said the President. He looked in the coffin and saw his own face. A week later Lincoln died.

 
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