Abraham Lincoln, one of the United States of America’s greatest presidents…
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
My first memory of Abraham Lincoln is a huge face on Mt. Rushmore when I was a preschooler. You don’t forget that. And who can miss his face on the penny and the five-dollar bill. The guy is everywhere.
Everyone recognizes Lincoln and not just because he’s monumental and monetary. He truly is larger than life.
When Anita and I visited the home of the abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass (maybe more on him later), a little boy on our tour was silent until he saw the president’s framed photograph on the wall. “Abraham Lincoln,” he called out.
It wasn’t until I was much older that I learned how important and rare this president was — and I’m still learning. I want to shout out “Abraham Lincoln,” too. So this is my shout out.
Abraham Lincoln was burdened with one of the gravest trials a leader can face — holding this nation together. The Civil War still casts…
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Catherine Sherman 
Such an interesting article, Catherine. I’ve always been an admirer of Abraham Lincoln. His contribution to the world was, and is, enormous.
The Walt Whitman reference came as quite a surprise to me. After reading he, Whitman, often saw the president on his journeys, it now makes the poem even more emotive and impressive.
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