When I was a kid my grandpa used to boast: "I shook the hand, that shook the hand of Abraham Lincoln." Only one handshake removed, my grandfather was born one hundred years after the 16th President — who was born exactly 200 years ago today!
Two centuries after his birth, Lincoln's legacy lives in a bright light. Lincoln may have been the Republican Party's first president, but he is quite admired by today's Democratic president. Barack Obama used Lincoln's team of rivals as inspiration for his cabinet, and became the second president to use Lincoln's bible at his inauguration. (Lincoln himself was the first.)
You may have figured out that Lincoln shares his birth date, Feb. 12, 1809, with Charles Darwin. Take this quiz to find out what else you know about Honest Abe.
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George Clooney supposedly is a Lincoln relative on his mother's side.
1Wow, interesting - I didn't know that, Stef.
2I only knew the answers because I watched Skip Gates' documentary about Lincoln on PBS last night.
33/4 Not bad. US History class was good for something after all.
4Pegona I missed it - what did you think? Should we catch it in replays?
5They unveiled the new penny design in Lincoln's birthplace of Hodgenville KY. There are 4 different designs, each representing places he lived, so one depicting life in KY, another IN, another IL, and finally one for when he became President.
6So...you shook the hand that shook the hand that shook the hand of Abraham Lincoln, yes?
7janneth I once shook the hand of a man who shok the hand of a man that actually saw Napoleon march through city of Leipzig, in Germany.
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