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Slide 2 1 Slide 3 Abraham Lincoln is admired by many. (Lincoln Memorial at Louisville Waterfront Park) 2 Slide 4 Ohio River at Rockport, Indiana 3 Slide 5 4 Historical Marker at Rockport, Indiana Slide 6 The earliest known image of Abraham Lincoln was taken around 1847 and is from the Library of Congress collection. 5 Slide 7 Henry Clay from Kentucky was a well-known United States congressman and senator. 6 Slide 8 Statue of Henry Clay given by Kentucky to the National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol. 7 Slide 9 Mary Todd Lincoln lived in this home in Lexington, Kentucky, before her marriage to Abraham. 8 Slide 10 The Todd House in Lexington, Kentucky, was located near the home of Henry Clay. 9 Slide 11 Tall trees provide a serene setting at Ashland, home of Henry Clay in Lexington, Kentucky. 10 Slide 12 Ashland was the home of Henry Clay who was deeply admired by Abraham Lincoln. 11 Slide 13 Henry Clay ran for President of the United States three times but was never elected. 12 Slide 14 Abraham Lincoln gave a speech in honor of Henry Clay when he died in 1852. 13 Slide 15 A Civil War monument is located in the backyard at Ashland. 14 Slide 16 The monument was erected to commemorate a skirmish that occurred here following Kentuckys largest Civil War battle at Perryville. 15 Slide 17 Ten years after Henry Clay died, his own backyard at Ashland was the site of a skirmish following the Battle of Perryville in 1862. 16 Slide 18 IRONY Henry Clay, known as The Great Compromiser, had helped postpone civil war between states for slavery and states against slavery through the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850. After his death, his own familylike many families in Kentuckywas divided, some members supported the North and some supported the South. Irony is an outcome opposite of what was expected to happen. 17 Slide 19 Find the irony. Why is the placement of a Civil War monument in the backyard of Henry Clays home ironic? Do you think Abraham Lincoln would have been surprised to have seen the monument in his heros backyard? Why or why not? 18 Slide 20 Statues of Abraham Lincoln and Henry Clay can be seen in the rotunda of Kentuckys capitol at Frankfort. 19 Slide 21 Sources Jones, Edgar DeWitt. THE INFLUENCE OF HENRY CLAY UPON ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Lexington, Kentucky. Henry Clay Memorial Foundation, 2007 (reprinted from original edition, 1952). Photographs: Mary Louise Majors www.aoc.gov www.henryclay.org 20 Slide 22 Created by Mary Louise Majors Participant: Lincoln Tri-State Summer Institute and Life-long Learner 21