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OK....I just went back and perused this thread....there is SO MUCH here....I think this thread would be a GREAT semester college course!  Crazy colleges.....they have NO IDEA how to make things fun and memorable!
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Here is how we celebrated today.
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My dad made a comment last night on the phone to me that he heard somewhere that "after Jesus, Lincoln is the most-written-about-person-ever"!!!! a nyone else hear that?
I picked up The Emanicpator's Wife the other day....it was just sitting there, I hadn't put it on hold (amazing, I know  ). I started paging through it last night and couldn't put it down. I meant to look up reviews and things about the author but never got a chance.
Happy Bicentennial, everyone!
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Yes, happy birthday, Abe!
Looks like a very fun day, Angi. Wish we had something like that here. We are having our group event Friday, with the activities and games mentioned in an earlier thread. I'll let you know how it goes.
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I haven't read any "grown-up" books about her, but even the juvenile books we are reading have been facsinating. I've learned a lot about her.
I spent a bit of time going to the nearby banks trying to get some of the new pennies - unfortunatley no one had any yet. I found out it takes a bit of time for money to actually get to us after it's released from the federal reserve (which was today).  Even the Mint's gift shop doesn't have them yet, even though there are millions of them being made a couple hundred yards away . We did get the newly issued postage stamps though 
Here is an article I just found about the penny release - they launched them at Lincoln's birthplace NP. The only other places where the penny was introduced Thursday were in the chambers of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
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Mary....that article isn't coming up...can you check the link?
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never mind.....i got it.
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I was just messing with it so may have fixed something though the url was correct.
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I can't remember if you linked the Stamps already, earlier in the thread, Mary.....they are SO NEAT!!!
My post office didn't have them yesterday....we were so disappointed....we wanted to put them on the Valentine's day cards to grandparents 
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Here is a recap of our celebration.
The kids loved the Lincoln Log cake and even my boys helped with the Mock Penny Rug craft for a little bit.
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Bumping. Even though these were ideas specific for last year's 200th....they can be done any year!
And, reminding everyone of the GREAT Picture Books about him in the Picture Book Forum!!!
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SuzanneG wrote:
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- don't get me started on Lincoln...
This whole year since his 200th birthday anniversary has been full of celebration and events which are just now winding down. I think it's very appropriate to continue this anniversary celebration for the whole 12 months following the 2009 date. In fact one of our local library branches has a traveling Lincoln exhibit there now and we are going tomorrow as a an ending of the Year of Lincoln.
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MaryM wrote:
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This whole year since his 200th birthday anniversary has been full of celebration and events which are just now winding down. I think it's very appropriate to continue this anniversary celebration for the whole 12 months following the 2009 date. In fact one of our local library branches has a traveling Lincoln exhibit there now and we are going tomorrow as a an ending of the Year of Lincoln. |
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I'm bumping! I can't think of Lincoln's birthday without thinking of you, Mary!!
Happy 201st birthday today, Abe!!
I'm certain that Mary has a few Little Debbie Lincoln Logs squirreled away for the day!! Are you polishing pennies, Mary? Gazing at your stamps? I MUST KNOW what you are doing for Abe's birthday today!!
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Bumping......so that everyone can get those crazy Little Debbie Lincoln Logs on their grocery lists!
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Oh, yes, gotta love Lincoln...
This year is big Lincoln year, too as it is the lead in the big sesquicentennial of the Civil War starting in April.
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Wanted to add some great Lincoln resources from Homeschool Radio Shows.
These are all free MP3 files:
Out of the Wilderness - story of Thomas and Nancy Lincoln's courtship. Lincoln family history. (30 minutes)
The Story of Lincoln's Mother - true story of Nancy Hanks. (30 minutes)
The Man Who Taught Lincoln - story of Mentor Graham, schoolmaster, and a great influence on Lincoln. (30 minutes)
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I thought that these Presidential Wooden Painted Figures were adorable if not terribly educational
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Thanks for this Jen. I am related to Lincoln through his mother Nancy (the picture of her is amazing to me because it looks very much like my Aunt Sue!) and it's often hard to find info. about her!
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Oh, I love the radio shows and the presidential peg dolls! Great additions to the thread, ladies.
Way cool that you are related to Nancy Hanks, Michele.
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Bumping! 
It's that time of year again - Happy Birthday on Feb. 12th President Lincoln - get those Little Debbie Swiss-Rolls-Lincoln-Logs on your market lists!
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We have a set of American biographies for beginner readers, Step Up Paperback Books. The one on Abe is Meet Abraham Lincoln - Barbara Cary
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