Lincoln’s Birthday

February 12 is the birthday of the 16th president of the United States–Abraham Lincoln. Although his birthday and that of George Washington are celebrated together by the nation on President’s Day (February 18 in 2008), Lincoln’s birthday is marked separately by several places around the country where the Civil War president lived and worked.

Among the places celebrating Lincoln’s Birthday are the state of Illinois, where the date is a legal holiday and where Lincoln lived most of his life; Lincoln’s birthplace in Hodgenville, Kentucky; and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.