And a Big Old Happy 200th!!
The February 11th Chicago Tribune had a list of most popular presidential-named schools across the United States. Lincoln tops the list, beating out Washington by a hundred.
Here's the list:
Lincoln-- 667
Washington-- 567
Roosevelt-- 260 (includes Franklin Delano, Teddy, and Eleanor)
Kennedy-- 195 (includes 2 for Jacqueline, 8 for Robert F, and 1 for Patrick J)
Jefferson-- 77
Van Buren-- 36 (who'd have thought?)
Reagan-- 22
Bush-- 16 (two each for Laura and Barbara, 14 are in Texas)
Johnson-- 9
Not surprisingly, Illinois claims the most schools named for Lincoln with 89. Indiana has 22 where he was raised, and Kentucky has eight.
A Lincoln Here, a Lincoln There. --Da Coot
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