On the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, we invite you to explore the legacy of the sixteenth president of the United States through two Web exhibitions.

Lincoln and the West: 1809-1860
draws on an autobiography Lincoln wrote for the 1860 presidential campaign and explores how contests over westward expansion and the future of slavery shaped nineteenth-century political culture. Continue…
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
chronicles the fundamental changes in Lincoln's thinking while president that ultimately saved the nation and gave all Americans a new birth of freedom. Continue…