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Abraham Lincoln Gravesite

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Oak Ridge Cemetery, 1590 Monument Avenue Springfield, IL 217-789-2340

Here is the location of the Abraham Lincoln Gravesite, resting place of our 16th US President. Lincoln was President from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865, making him the 1st American president to be assassinated.

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He introduced measures that resulted in the abolition of slavery, issuing his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and promoting the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution.

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president, assassination, emancipation proclamation, and 13th amendment

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