Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum Journey One Campaign 1860

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Journey One
The Pre-Presidential Years
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The White House Years
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Carving a Family Home
Self-Taught
On the River
The Slave Auction
New Salem
Life in Springfield
The Permissive Parent
Campaign 1860
On to Washington

Journey One
The Pre-Presidential Years

Campaign 1860 brings the presidential campaign to life for contemporary visitors. Multiple video monitors spin out a TV news program analyzing the campaign in which Lincoln won the presidency. This daring and different approach makes the complex four-way presidential race of 1860 understandable to today's audiences by accurately, and amusingly, translating the issues and strategies.

Campaign 1860

On to Washington, shows president-elect Lincoln making his famous and emotional farewell speech before leaving Springfield for Washington D.C. where he will begin his first term as president. He will not return alive.