Happy 216th Birthday, Mr. President!

The Abraham Lincoln Center for Leadership and Public Policy is excited to celebrate Abraham Lincoln's 216th birthday and encourage you to learn more about our university's namesake by visiting our webpage.  

Celebrate Lincoln's birthday by reading about our 16th president. But with over 15,000 titles to choose from, where should a reader begin?  No worries! Here are some of our favorite biographies of Lincoln:

1.  Michael Burlingame, Jonathan White ed. Abraham Lincoln: A Life 

2.  David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

3.  Doris Kearns Godwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln 

4.  Allen C. Guelzo, Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President 

5.  Ronald C. White, Jr., A. Lincoln: A Biography

6.  Jon Meacham, And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

Keep the celebration going this Saturday with a free event at the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum. Visitors can meet the birthday boy himself as President Lincoln will be on hand to talk about his life and you can take a Museum vault tour (pre-register to secure a timed entry).

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