On the way to Springfield

Tuesday, June 21

While we were driving, we listened to biographies about Abraham Lincoln and Daniel Boone. People were rude to Mr. Lincoln about his appearance. One little girl, Grace Bedell, tried to help. She wrote a letter telling him to grow a beard to make him look better. She told him that ladies like whiskers and that they would tease their husbands into voting for him. Lincoln took her advice! He was the first President to have a beard.
His assasin was John Wilkes Booth. Mr. Lincoln and his family were in the presidential box at a theater when he was shot.
A long time before that, Daniel Boone went past the Appalachian mountains and helped make Kentucky a state. He lived in Kentucky for many years. He even inspired a lot of authors to create adventure stories that were based on Daniel Boone's life.