One of my favorite heroes was born on this day. So, we don’t have to wait for the holiday to celebrate and learn more about this great man.
“Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States (1861–1865). Lincoln led the nation through its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis in the American Civil War. He preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the U.S. economy.”
— Wikipedia
— Wikipedia
Nancy and Tom Lincoln’s second child was born in a one-room log cabin in Kentucky. They liked to call him “Abe”. Their first baby was named Sarah. When Abe was 7, his family moved to Indiana. As Abe was growing up, he loved to read books. He worked in a store, delivered mail, measured land, and taught himself to be a lawyer. At age 28, he moved to Springfield, Illinois and became a law partner.
True Stories About Abraham Lincoln, c.1973 by Ruth Belov Gross, was published for school children by Scholastic Inc. That’s what I got on the way home from Farr West this morning, thanks to a donation to DI thrift from “Suzie’s library”. On Lincoln’s birthday, it was in a big bin full of books to be recycled after sitting too long on shelves. I suppose it was meant for me and our posterity. My wife Kay would have read some of the 22 stories to our little grandchildren. Now it’s my turn.
"with firmness in the right
as God gives us to see the right"
– Lincoln memorial at Gettysburg
