16th President of the USA. Born Kentucky. Assassinated while watching a very popular British play "Our American Cousin" in Ford's theatre, Washington, by John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Abraham Lincoln
Commemorated ati
Abraham Lincoln statue
Copy of the statue in Lincoln Park, Chicago (other copies being in Mexico Cit...
Christ Church, Lincoln Tower
From Pastscape: "... the octagonal spire ... is decorated by two groups of in...
President Lincoln bust
{Inscribed on the red granite plinth:} Lincoln by Andrew O'Connor Presented t...
Other Subjects
Sir Francis Burdett
Born Derbyshire. Inherited the baronetcy from his grandfather. Married an heir of the Coutts banking family. From the ODNB: "When in London, the Burdetts lived at 1 Stratton Street (the home of Tho...
John Verinder Kiddle
Trustee of the Norton Folgate almshouses in 1860.
Caroline DeCamp Benn
Educationalist and writer. Born Cincinnati, Ohio. She came to Britain in 1948 to study at Oxford. There she met Tony Benn, who became her husband. An advocate of comprehensive education, she co-fou...
Person, Education, Literature, Politics & Administration, USA