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Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
(Encyclopedia)Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
(Encyclopedia)Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, in central Manhattan, New York City, between 62d and 66th streets W of Broadway. Lincoln Center is both a complex of buildings and the arts organizations that r...Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, 117 acres (47 hectares), central Ky., near Hodgenville; est. 1916. Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in this area on Feb. 12, 1809. The exact...Lincoln Home National Historic Site
(Encyclopedia)Lincoln Home National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...New York City Ballet
(Encyclopedia)New York City Ballet (NYCB), one of the foremost American dance companies of the 20th and 21st cents. It was founded by Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine as the Ballet Society in 1946. In 1948 th...d'Amboise, Jacques
(Encyclopedia)d'Amboise, Jacques zhäk dămbwäzˈ [key], 1934–2021, American dancer and choreographer, b. Dedham, ...Lincoln, John de la Pole, earl of
(Encyclopedia)Lincoln, John de la Pole, earl of: see Pole, family. ...President Lincoln and Soldier's Home National Monument
(Encyclopedia)President Lincoln and Soldier's Home National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Balanchine, George
(Encyclopedia)Balanchine, George bălˈənshēnˌ [key], 1904–83, American choreographer and ballet dancer, b. St. Petersburg, Russia, as Georgi Balanchivadze. The son of a Georgian composer and a Russian mother,...Herndon, William Henry
(Encyclopedia)Herndon, William Henry, 1818–91, friend, law partner, and biographer of Abraham Lincoln, b. Greensburg, Ky. In 1844 he became the junior member of the Springfield, Ill., law firm of Lincoln and Hern...Browse by Subject
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