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Presidents' Day Hotlist
Presidents' Day is a holiday that honors all presidents of the United States, but its main recognition is for George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln's birthday is February 12th, George Washington's birthday is February 22nd, and Presidents' Day is celebrated the 3rd Monday of February.
The following are a hotlist of internet resources about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
Born: February 22, 1732 at Wakefield,
Westmoreland, Virginia
Died: December 14, 1799 at Mount Vernon, Fairfax, Virginia
President: April 30, 1789 to March 4, 1797
Historic
Mount Vernon
http://www.mountvernon.org/
Great photos of President Washington's home. Select "Educational Resources" from the main menu to find out fascinating facts about our first president. Did he really cut down a cherry tree? Did he really have wooden teeth? In the "Educational Resources" section, there are George Washington trading cards with stats just like sports cards. There is also an online quiz about our 1st president.
George
Washington Papers at the Library of
Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/GW/gwhome.html
This site contains a picture gallery of President Washington paintings as well as full text of many of his historical documents.
George
Washington
http://www.history.org/Almanack/people/washhdr.cfm
According to this biography, President Washington had large hands and feet.
The
Washington
Monument
http://www.nps.gov/wamo/
The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. is a memorial to our first president.
Biography
of George
Washington
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gw1.html
His biography from the White House.
George
Washington Birthplace National
Monument
http://www.nps.gov/gewa/
This national monument, run by the National Park Service, is in Virginia. This web site has photographs and information about the park.
The
Papers of George
Washington
http://www.virginia.edu/gwpapers/
An online exhibit of many of Washington's important papers. The exhibit commemorates the bicentennial of the death of President Washington on December 14, 1799.
Martha
Dandridge Custis
Washington
http://www.history.org/Almanack/people/bios/biomwash.cfm
A biography of George Washington’s wife Martha.
George
Washington
http://sc94.ameslab.gov/TOUR/gwash.html
According to the biography at this site, George Washington's early ambitions were to go to sea.
Washington
Biography
http://www.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/01pwash.html
This biography is from Grolier Online. According to this source, Washington owned about 150 slaves, as did many wealthy landowners of his time, In his will, he decreed that they be freed upon the death of his wife, Martha. She died in 1802, 2 years after her husband.
George
Washington Picture
Gallery
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/wash-pix/gallery.htm
From the History Place website, view historic paintings of President Washington.
Born: February 12, 1809 in Hardin (now
Larue) County, Kentucky
Died: April 15, 1865 in Washington, District of Columbia
President: March 4th, 1861 to April 15, 1865
Abraham
Lincoln Online
http://www.netins.net/showcase/creative/lincoln.html
A comprehensive site with biographical information, text of speeches, and information about some of the historical places associated with Lincoln such as Ford's Theatre.
Lincoln
http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/
A timeline of President Lincoln's presidency, many great photos, and Civil War information.
Abraham
Lincoln
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/al16.html
His biography from the White House. In referring to Lincoln's thirst for knowledge in spite of humble beginnings, this page quotes Lincoln's former law partner as saying about Lincoln, "His ambition was a little engine that knew no rest."
Mr.
Lincoln's Virtual
Library
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/alhome.html
From the Library of Congress--documents and resources about President Lincoln.
Abraham
Lincoln
http://sc94.ameslab.gov/TOUR/alincoln.html
This biography claims that from early childhood, Lincoln had strong anti-slavery attitudes.
Abraham
Lincoln Research
Site
http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/Lincoln2.html
Information about his family, a chronology of his life, texts of his speeches, and more.
Lincoln
Memorial
http://www.nps.gov/linc/
The monument in Washington, D.C. is "a tribute to President Abraham Lincoln and the nation he fought to preserve during the Civil War (1861-1865)."
Abraham
Lincoln
Birthplace
http://www.nps.gov/abli
Photos and information about his birthplace in Kentucky.
Ford's
Theatre National Historic
Site
http://www.nps.gov/foth
Photographs of this building where Lincoln was assassinated and information about John Wilkes Booth.
Gettysburg
Address.
http://libertyonline.hypermall.com/Lincoln/gettysburg.html
This is the full text of Lincoln's famous speech.
The
Emancipation
Proclamation
http://libertyonline.hypermall.com/Lincoln/emancipate.html
The proclamation is included here in full text.
Abraham
Lincoln
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/lincoln/
An awesome Lincoln activity for elementary students.
Author: LINDA MOSBACKER - Email linda.mosbacker@slc.k12.ut.us