Monday, January 23, 2006

Lincoln

Just watched a History Channel documentary about President Lincoln and learned some very interesting things about him. I actually grew up in his home town so it was especially insightful to learn about his childhood years and the chores he did around their cabin.He was self educated because his father saw no use for an education and often belittled him.He witnessed his mothers death at age nine as well as other family members due to illnesses.America's Civil War would show him death on an unimaginable scale and was something he had wanted to avoid.But he wanted to keep the United States United.On February 12th we celebrate Lincoln's birthday.