1860, 165438+ 10. In October, Lincoln was elected president and the first Republican Party came to power. On the evening of April 1865, 14, 10, 15, that is, the fifth day after the surrender of the confederate army, Lincoln was shot dead by actor John Wilkes booth while watching a play in the presidential box of the Ford Theater in Washington. Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated.
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Commemoration of future generations
1. Lincoln was buried in Springfield, Illinois. So far, Illinois's motor vehicle license plate calls itself "Lincoln's Land".
2. Lincoln's head is printed on American 1 cent coins and 5-dollar bills.
The United States calls Washington the father of the country and Lincoln the savior of the country. The United States commemorates these two men on the third Monday in February.
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