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Lincoln's Birthday is a legal, public holiday in some U.S. states, observed on the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth on February 12, 1809, ...
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, the second child of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, in a log cabin on Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky. [2] He was a descendant of Samuel Lincoln, an Englishman who migrated from Hingham, Norfolk, to its namesake, Hingham, Massachusetts, in 1638.
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in a one-room log cabin on the Sinking Spring farm, south of Hodgenville in Hardin County, Kentucky.His siblings were Sarah Lincoln Grigsby and Thomas Lincoln, Jr.
Visitors to the Lincoln Heritage Museum, 1115 Nicholson Road in Lincoln, can pick up a free cup of coffee and a cookie from 8 to 10 a.m. Monday in celebration of Lincoln's birthday.
Workers for the State of Illinois, Sangamon County, and courts get Lincoln's birthday and Presidents Day off.
Here's what's open and what's closed in and around Springfield for Abraham Lincoln's birthday (Feb. 12) and Presidents Day (Feb. 21).
Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Gardner (1863) Washington's Birthday sign, c. 1890–1899 Flag and bunting mark Washington's Birthday in Toronto, Ontario. Lincoln's Birthday, February 12, was never a federal holiday, but nearly half the state governments have officially renamed their observances "Presidents' Day", "Washington and Lincoln Day", or other such designations.
Write letters on Lincoln's Feb. 12 birthday to bring about awareness of world hunger and to help find solutions.