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Idaho To Honor Abraham Lincoln

Posted by DFO

Feb. 7, 2009 12:45 a.m. • 15 comments

David Leroy, chairman of the Idaho Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, stands next to the life-sized statue of Abraham Lincoln located in the Idaho State Historical Society Artifact Storage Center in Boise recently. This Lincoln statue will be erected and unveiled for the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth Thursday. (AP Photo/Matt Cilley)

Question: We honor our presidents in February, of course. When I was growing up, we celebrated the birthdays of Lincoln and Washington this month with a day off. Now, all presidents are lumped into one day of honor. Who is your favorite president? Why?

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