The Lincoln Legacy: Presidential Years

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Liberty. Opportunity. Equality. Self-determination.

In the years following the great Declaration of Independence, members of our society struggled to gain for themselves what our nation’s founders envisioned was the rightful possession of all. Abraham Lincoln lived in this world and then, as few others have been able, he reshaped it and our nation.

Such was his opportunity and perhaps his burden. In the midst of the nation’s challenges before 1861, Lincoln became a man capable of transforming the seemingly endless tragedy of the Great Rebellion into the fulfillment of promises made by past generations.

Steadfast in war, gracious in peace. Despite a life often times filled with sorrow, Abraham Lincoln found within himself the confidence to imbue word and action, with challenge and hope. We are shaped still by what he left to us.

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The Lincoln Legacy: Presidential Years is presented in the Judith and Adam Aronson Gallery at the Saint Louis University Museum of Art. Organized by the staff of the Historic Samuel Cupples House at Saint Louis University, The Lincoln Legacy: Presidential Years illustrates the challenges confronted by President Lincoln and our nation in the tumultuous years of the American Civil War.

The Lincoln Legacy: Presidential Years will be open from August 25, 2006 to December 17, 2006.

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