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happy birthday, abe!
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happy"My dream is of a place and a time where America will be seen as the last best hope of earth." ~ Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln with his son, Tad, as photographed by Matthew B. Brady (February, 1864)
Our greatest President is 200 years young today.
Wherever he is, he's probably thrilled about who's occupying his former digs at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Lincoln would be especially pleased to see Malia and Sasha living there, since he was the first President to bring his own small children to live in the White House.
Abe was an indulgent parent, who loved to wrestle with his sons. They provided much needed relief from the tensions of the war, sometimes throwing strawberries around at Cabinet meetings, climbing on furniture, and scattering papers.
Strawberries? Hmmm. What else did our 16th President like to eat? He was our tallest at 6'4", so it seems he would have had a large appetite, but most historians disagree.
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