Lincoln’s Birthday
Out of all of the Presidents that have occupied the grounds of the White House and governed the soil of the United States, no other President has attained so much attention towards his strengths while in office than Abraham Lincoln.
More prominent the fact that he is only one of three Presidents that were assasinated, respectfully; William McKinley (1897-1901) and John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) being the other two Presidents that have succumbed to such tragedies.
I’ve always had a certain interest towards this man whom I never knew but always admired. So much in fact I’ve learned as much about his life as I could and in honor of his birthday today, here is a snippet from Biography.com;
“Sixteenth president of the United States and president during the Civil War. Born February 12, 1809, in a log cabin on a farm in Hardin County, Kentucky. His father had come with his parents from Virginia and had grown to manhood on the Kentucky frontier. He had evidently become moderately successful as a farmer and carpenter, for in 1803 he was able to pay ?118 for a farm near Elizabethtown. Three years later he married Nancy Hanks, described as “intelligent, deeply religious, kindly, and affectionate,” but as “illiterate” as himself. Of her family and background little is known.”
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