![]() A few days ago we celebrated Lincoln’s 208 th birthday…and as a little celebration, here are 29 Fascinating Facts about our 16 th President, Abraham Lincoln. He honored education, loved his children dearly, and served his country not just as the President, but in local government as well. He fought for women’s rights…he fought for equal rights…he fought against slavery and he fought for the common man. ![]() He holds the record for many strange accolades, including being the tallest president, the president with the biggest feet, the only president to hold a patent, the first president to be photographed at his inauguration, the first president to be added to the US currency, the first president with a beard, and was the first president to be born outside the original 13 colonies. He was instrumental in shaping several of today’s laws and government organizations, and has been named several times as one of the best presidents the US has ever had. Ka-wink-ee-dink? I think not.įor as famous and well-known as Lincoln is today, he was a very secluded man, prone to depression and large bouts of sadness. And, as an added little how do ya do, the most recent Lincoln movie starring Daniel Day Lewis hit theaters on my birthday. He got me interested in presidential history and the history of my own home state. My love of Lincoln also got me interested in history education and The Civil War, an educational path I almost took in college before switching to literature. It became my goal to one day play “Hail to the Chief” for the President one day…still workin’ on that one □ It was that rendition that inspired my 10-year-old self to take up trumpet…an instrument that would stay a part of my life throughout my entire education and beyond. At the beginning of the movie, there is a solo trumpet playing “Hail to the Chief”. It was my love of Lincoln that motivated me to watch a 90’s made-for-TV movie called Tad, starring Kris Kristofferson as Abraham Lincoln, Jane Curtin as Mary Todd, and a very young Bug Hall as Lincoln’s son, Tad. ![]() Of course I didn’t know him personally, but my deep desire to learn everything I could about this mysterious man shaped my life in ways I never thought possible. Besides Frank Sinatra, Abraham Lincoln was probably one of the most influential people in my life.
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