Schoolchildren and dignitaries pulled on the brightly colored, star-covered drape, and Idaho’s newly restored and relocated Abraham Lincoln monument was unveiled in its new spot, near the corner of Capitol Boulevard and Bannock Street, just south of the state Capitol. Betsy Russell/Eye On Boise (you took this photo) tells you all about it here.

• If I were president/Arch Druid
• Haiku Friday/Tumblewords
• Just say no/Community Comment
• Heart Day/A Butterfly Moment
• David & Goliath/Accidental Rabbit Trails
• An American political primer; and: Huckabee: What a stretch/Dogwalk Musings

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• All about love/Rants, Raves & Random Thoughts
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• Katrina's love story/Bay Views
• Homeward bound/Mrs. Mac Energetic

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