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Learning English Podcast - March 16, 2025
2025/3/16
VOA Learning English Podcast - VOA Learning English
This chapter explores President Abraham Lincoln's use of a country house near Washington, D.C. during his presidency. It highlights significant events and decisions made there, including an assassination attempt Lincoln survived.
- President Lincoln spent about one-fourth of his presidency at a country house known as President Lincoln's Cottage.
- The house was located on higher ground, offering a cooler environment than the White House.
- Lincoln wrote early versions of the Emancipation Proclamation at this cottage.
- Lincoln survived an assassination attempt near the country house in 1864.
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