- Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln the Liberator of the Slaves - Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson [1767-1845] the sixth President of the United States - Andrew Jackson's Cradle
Andrew Jackson's Cradle Andrew Jackson was born in Union County, N. C., in 1767, of poor parents, who about two years before had come from Ireland. In a little clearing in the woods, they had built a rude log hut and settled down to hard work. - George Washington
George Washington as a young soldier - George Washington
After his marriage with Mrs. Custis, who had large property of her own, Washington became a man of much wealth. He was at one time one of the largest landholders in America. As a manager of all this property, he had much to do. Let us delay our story a little to get a glimpse of the life led by him and other Virginia planters of his time. - Lincoln Studying
Lincoln studying in bed by candlelight - President McKinley
President McKinley - Washington's Home—Mount Vernon
After serving two terms as President with great success he again retired in 1797 to private life at Mount Vernon. Here he died on December 14, 1799, at the age of sixty-seven, loved and honored by the American peop