This Week in History May 20, 1862 President Lincoln approves the Homestead Act, giving the heads of families the right to apply for 160 acres of government land. May 22, 1849 Lincoln is granted a patent on a device to lift boats over shoals. May 25, 1861 President and Mrs. Lincoln attend the East Room funeral of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth. Today in Lincoln's Life Lincoln's Words "In times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and in eternity." --Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862

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