When is Abraham Lincolns birthday?
That’s it. Pencils down, please. Presidents Day is observed the third Monday in February. Also known as Washington’s Birthday, it’s been a federal holiday on this date since 1971. Feb. 12 is the correct answer to Question 2. You’re forgiven if you got that one wrong. Unless, that is, you grew up in Illinois, as I did. Heck, even the less studious kids — those who didn’t give a hoot about history — knew that Lincoln was born Feb. 12. His birthday was — and still is — a state holiday (read: a day off from school in Illinois). This year marks the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth. All across Illinois — where the official state slogan is “Land of Lincoln” — folks are holding a year-long party. Visitors are welcome to join in by tracing the footsteps of Illinois’ favorite son. Yes, I know that Lincoln was born in a one-room log cabin in Kentucky and that he spent his youth in Indiana. (I paid attention in class.) Still, it’s Illinois that zealously lays claim to Honest Abe.
Abraham Lincoln was born at dawn on February 12, 1809, in a dirt-floor, one room log cabin just three miles south of Hodgenville in Hardin (now Larue) County, Kentucky. When Abraham Lincoln was just two years old his family moved 10 miles northeast of his birthplace to a 230-acre farm on Knob Creek– the first home Lincoln remembered. There, a young Lincoln helped with light chores, toting wood and water, and hoeing vegetables. In 1816 the Lincolns moved to Spencer County, Indiana. A 17 year-old Lincoln helped his father erect a 360-square-foot log cabin that was to be his home for the rest of his childhood. (S.
Presidents Day is observed the third Monday in February. Also known as Washington’s Birthday; it’s been a federal holiday on this date since 1971 Feb. 12 is the correct answer to Question 2. You’re forgiven if you got that one wrong. Unless,of course, you grew up in Illinois, . The students at LaHarpe Elementary all know the birthdate of Abraham Lincoln…..even those who don’t give a hoot about history — Lincoln was born Feb. 12. His birthday was — and still is — a state holiday. In recognition of Lincoln’s 200th birthday, the Illinois State Board of Education asked students in schools that were in session today (Thursday, February 12) to have them recite the Gettysburg Address at 9:30 am. as part of a national simultaneous reading. The ISBE in partnership with the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum provided Lincoln Bicentennial commemorative posters to students in grades 5 and 8. To Read the Gettysburg Address, click on the link below.
