Happy Birthday Mr. President

It's not often you get to celebrate a President's birthday with real cake and a party. But that's just what we did on Saturday afternoon when we celebrated President Abraham Lincoln's 202nd birthday. Our local history museum was sponsoring an all out Lincoln Birthday Party in honor of a traveling exhibit they are hosting about Lincoln.

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Mr. C is in the midst of a Social Studies report on Jefferson Davis (the Confederate President) and his best buddy is studying Honest Abe. What better way to get a feel for the "man behind the beard" than to see some of his memorabilia up close and personal. Poor Mr. C said there wasn't much about Davis, but what would you expect we live in the midst of Lincoln Country, the North.

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I joked with P that even though he's a Civil War buff and a good old southern boy, he really should not call Jefferson Davis a President. I think he still calls it the "War of Northern Aggression." Hello, have you heard the north won!
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Miss A was far from thrilled with the Lincoln exhibit, but did enjoy making a Log Cabin out of Popsicle sticks and eating fabulous white cake with real frosting. OK, the cake might have been my favorite. I'm a sucker for "wedding cake." She was, of course, thrilled to ride the Street Car, walk through the trains, and just wander about with Mom and Dad.

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Mr. C and Miss M were busy trying to win the scavenger hunt for Lincoln facts. What a great way to learn while having fun! We didn't win the prize, but you can ask us anything from where did the phrase "with malice towards none" come from to how many states Lincoln's funeral train went through on the long trip back to Springfield. Important things to know and they might come in handy next time we play Trivial Pursuit.

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Happy Birthday, Mr. President. Now, we just need to go to your hometown and we'll feel like real Lincoln buffs.