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Abe Lincoln.
I'm of the old school and still remember the Presidents' real birthdates. Now that I'm 67 I realize how young President Lincoln was when he was asassinated. Born in 1809....only 56 years old.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)I remember making those black silhouette cutouts in school, one for each of them.
snappyturtle
(14,656 posts)dates, the 12th and the 22nd. Thanks for reminding me of the black silhouettes!
appalachiablue
(41,171 posts)Presidents got swept into a commercial weekend of mattress/car shopping. grr..I'm a history person-
appalachiablue
(41,171 posts)snappyturtle
(14,656 posts)Sad. Not even the car dealers offering Lincoln Day savings!
Very prescient today is that we should remember that the assassination was soon followed ny the demise of the "greenbacks"....Abe tried.
appalachiablue
(41,171 posts)shopping weekend of commercialism just eviscerates their honor and memory. A real shame like Christmas, Easter, Memorial, Labor Day. The movie 'Lincoln' last year should have fostered interest. I know Alexandria, VA makes a huge affair of GW's Birthnight Balls in Old Town b/c he and citizens really did celebrate during his life (Mount Vernon is 6 mi away). For years I worked at a Union Civil War museum and one of 'Mr. Lincoln's Forts', a network of over 100 Civil War earthwork forts and batteries surrounding WDC built in 1861 by Union engineer, 'Little Mac', Gen. McClellan.
Terra Alta
(5,158 posts)and the first one assassinated. Didn't realize he was so young. So sad.