Just two days to go now before Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday and both yesterday and today, we have been in three states that are very involved in his pre-presidential career: Kentucky, Indiana, and later today, Illinois.
I see in today's Evansville, Indiana, paper, that Indiana's smallest post office, located in Lincoln City, is offering a special cancellation stamp featuring a young Lincoln carrying an axe. Indiana was home to Lincoln and his family from 1816 to 1830.
They are also extending their hours Thursday to 4:30 from their usual 6:30 to 10:30. February 12th, there will be activities commemorating his life, including Civil War music and a speech reading.
I picked up a brochure at the motel titles "Indiana's Lincoln: 2008-2010 Celebrating the 200th Birthday of the Greatest American President." It list six sites around the state with Lincoln tie-ins, including the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial in Lincoln City.
Spencer County has "Legendary Faces...Legendary Places" where Lincoln spent some time. Of interest is that the Spencer County Visitors Bureau is located at 39 N. Kringle Place in Santa Claus, Indiana. That would be an interesting story in a non-Lincoln vein.
Good Old Abe. --Da Coot
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