Favorite Presidents

[Lorenzo]

Who are your favorite presidents and why?

[Lorenzo]

My favorite: President George Washington.



Why? He set precedent. He epitomized the concept of a 'great leader'; sacrificing for a goal, an ideal. And winning. 

[fdaray]

Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln's Lasting Legacy

President Lincoln's achievements assured his continuing legacy. He saved the Union and freed the slaves. In his Gettysburg Address, he defined the Civil War as a rededication to the ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence.

The spirit that guided Lincoln was evident in his second Inaugural Address. This speech is inscribed on one wall of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. "...With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's





Abraham Lincoln my favorite president.