A Lincoln-Inspired Visit to Washington DC Whether you’re
interested in Lincoln the president or "Lincoln" the movie,
Washington is a downright thrilling destination. Abraham Lincoln
was the 16th president of the United States and one of the
country’s most admired, rising from humble roots in a frontier
cabin to become a self-educated lawyer and brilliant politician.
As president, he ended slavery by issuing the Emancipation
Proclamation and preserved the nation despite the Civil War. The
story of his assassination is one of the best-known chapters of
American history. Many museums are offering special exhibits for
the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and the Emancipation
Proclamation. Other sites can be visited any time: the Lincoln
Memorial, the cottage where he summered, Ford’s Theatre, where
he was shot, and the Petersen House, Lincoln Memorial, Ford’s
Theatre and Peterson House This larger-than-life white marble
statue of Lincoln, completed in 1922, sits inside a massive
columned building. The design, a