Friday 28 June 2013

2. Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln
The 16th President of America was famous for his beard. Lincoln was an authoritative and wise figure . Although he was born in a modest wooden house, Lincoln did not experience difficult childhood life. Laborer work was part of the neighborhood where he grew up. At the age of nine years old Lincoln mother died of illness. Lincoln was a tall president, he had a height of 193 centimeters. After he died, in 1876 a group of criminals wanted a ransom for his body in exchange for money of Rp 2 million in gold and wanted the release of one of their friends who was arrested. The group was later arrested and jailed a year later.

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