March 24, 1836
Lincoln buys two lots from Thomas Edwards, the first property he owned in Springfield, Illinois.
March 29, 1860
Lincoln begins sitting for sculptor Leonard W. Volk in Chicago, Illinois.
March 30, 1863
President Lincoln proclaims April 30 as a day of national humiliation, fasting and prayer.
Today in Lincoln's Life
Lincoln's Words
"I appeal to you again to constantly bear in mind that with you, and not
with politicians, not with Presidents, not with office-seekers, but with you,
is the question, "Shall the Union and shall the liberties of this country be
preserved to the latest generation?"
--Speech to Gov. Morton in Indianapolis, February 11, 1861