yesterday
october
Abraham Lincoln
His tall black hat
Yes, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated a little more than a month into his second term.
Abraham Lincoln's first election was in August 1832. He ran for a seat on the Illinois General Assembly but lost.
Abraham Lincoln
The first Lincoln cents were put into circulation in August, 1909.
President Lincoln was shot and later died from his wounds in April, 1865
The Captain represents Abraham Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln gets shot. The whole poem is just an extended metaphor comparing the death of Lincoln to the death of a captain on a ship.
President Abraham Lincoln and President George Washinton in the month of February.
November 1860 - and then again in November 1864.
Black History month is in February because Abraham Lincoln (who freed the slaves in America) was born in February. This was also the birth month of Frederick Douglas.