2 thoughts on “HCR – a biography on Abraham Lincoln”
So, out of curiosity, I did a quick research of the opening statement and found out that Tom Hanks is a third cousin, four times removed, of Abraham Lincoln.
Not the message HCR was going for, but found interesting nonetheless.
Lincoln was the first Republican president.
The Republican party was started to keep slavery our of the Kansas (territory (I believe that was what the territory was called) then moved on to get rid of slavery in the USA.
So, out of curiosity, I did a quick research of the opening statement and found out that Tom Hanks is a third cousin, four times removed, of Abraham Lincoln.
https://www.ancestry.com/c/ancestry-blog/entertainment-and-culture/tom-hanks-reveals-lincoln-connection
Not the message HCR was going for, but found interesting nonetheless.
Lincoln was the first Republican president.
The Republican party was started to keep slavery our of the Kansas (territory (I believe that was what the territory was called) then moved on to get rid of slavery in the USA.