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Walk in the Footsteps of
Two Iconic Americans:
Lincoln and Spielberg
The president and the filmmaker visited some of the same parts of Virginia - the former to try to end the
Civil War and the latter to document those efforts in his new movie "Lincoln."
President Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis, center) meets with his cabinet in this scene
from director Steven Spielbergʼs drama "Lincoln" from DreamWorks Pictures

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and Twentieth Century Fox.

Lincoln Movie Poster
HOW OFTEN do you get the
opportunity to walk in the
footsteps of one of America's
greatest presidents and one of

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America's finest film directors - at
the same time?
Abraham Lincoln was no
stranger to Virginia. During March
of 1863, he reviewed the troops in
Fredericksburg. Two years later,
March 20-April 9, Abraham and
Mary Lincoln and their son Tad
traveled to City Point, Virginia, to
meet with General Grant and to
plan the end of the war.
Confederate General Robert E.
Lee surrendered to Ulysses S.
Grant on April 9 at Appomattox
Courthouse, Virginia. Five days
later, on April 14, President
Lincoln was assassinated.

Steven Spielberg chose the
Richmond area as the location for
his much-anticipated film about
Abraham Lincoln because of the
area's rich history and authentic
architecture and sites. The film
has an all-star cast including
Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln and
Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln.
You can share the experience by
going to some of the sites visited
by Lincoln and used in the film.
While in Virginia Lincoln and his
family stayed on a ship docked at
City Point (in present day
Hopewell). Lincoln visited
Petersburg on April 3, 1865, and



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