Sunday, February 12, 2012

Abraham Lincoln's Birthday

Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, born February 12, 1809



"Lincoln" by Mark Lundeen, located in Springfield, Illinois.


In his campaign biography, Lincoln said of his early days: "I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families -- second families, perhaps I should say. My mother, who died in my tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks.... My father ... removed from Kentucky to ... Indiana, in my eighth year.... It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up.... Of course when I came of age I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher ... but that was all."

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