Lincoln's Birthday

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Lin′coln's Birth′day

1. February 12, a legal holiday in some states of the U.S., in honor of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
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Noun1.Lincoln's Birthday - the day on which President Abraham Lincoln is rememberedLincoln's Birthday - the day on which President Abraham Lincoln is remembered
day - a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance; "Mother's Day"
Feb, February - the month following January and preceding March
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27, 1860, it is unlikely that we would be celebrating Lincoln's birthday today.
Highlights also include Billy Childs in the Rose Bowl Locker Room, Abraham Lincoln's birthday celebrated at the Historic Pasadena Exhibition Hall, jazz sensation QUATTRO at Jacob Maarse Florists, and the music of Burt Bacharach.
In fact, Lincoln's birthday was on 12 February, while Washington's falls on 22 February.
He used Lincoln's birthday as the occasion to invite many black dignitaries into the White House, which had been mostly off-limits except in token ways.
11 and will end on Friday, Abraham Lincoln's birthday, when the Los Angeles City Council is expected to read a new version of the Emancipation Proclamation updated for modern-day slavery issues.
We were in town for the semi-annual Lincoln's birthday sale, and the Red Bull skate tourney.
Costa presented the report on the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birthday in an effort to highlight the importance of preventing the perpetuation of human slavery.
Together, 'Juneteenth' (Emancipation Day), Lincoln's birthday, Memorial Day, and (for an extended period) even July 4 witnessed virtually black-only celebrations throughout the South.
The famous composition was first performed in New York on February 12, 1924 (Abraham Lincoln's birthday, according to the posters which advertised the concert).
s similarities to James Joyce's Ulysses: The novel takes place in the course of one day, and, as Eugene Miller argues, Jake's "quotidian routine is parasyntactically laminated over Lincoln's birthday r adio speeches and other media pronouncements"; his "activities.
Twenty-eight states combine Washington and Lincoln's birthdays into Presidents' Day; 12 celebrate Washington's birthday as a distinct holiday; and eight observe Lincoln's birthday separately.
Fox, twenty-five years old at the time, decided to give a Lincoln's Birthday Address for his inaugural sermon, and he announced his topic in the local press.

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