The most important way to follow and keep President Lincoln's promise is to just say thank you every day to a veterans or if you do not see one every day just tell a veteran thank you every time you see one because even though that is not giving them anything it is making them feel really good and happy that they helped our country and kept us safe. Also if you can just go to a nursing home or hospital and ask them if there is any veterans at the place that you could give something or say thank you to them. They would really appreciate if you did that because they like to know that people actually care for what they did to help our country and keep us safe from the enemies. So to keep Lincoln’s promise all we have to do is say thank you to veterans every chance you get and just know that if it was not for some people fighting hard and seeing the future for this country we would not have a