Lincoln Birthday Event

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Cool - can you tell us when they were published?

Yes, please do tell the age. They remind me of clippings from the early-1900s. I love the tell-tale signs of tape or glue.

Laurie,

When I was a kid (it's been a few years ago!), the Chicago Tribune re-printed/printed Lincoln "cartoons" on the front page on February 12. In those days both Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays were celebrated on separate days. When I began my Lincoln journey at age 10, I kept scrap books into which I placed any and all Lincoln-related newspaper and magazine items--including the Parrish and McCutcheon cartoons. I still have those scrapbooks and go through the first one every February 12. And on that day I always watch the film based on Robert Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Abe Lincoln in Illinois." Sherwood was also one of FDR's speechwriters.

Nowadays, no one seems to care except for us Lincoln "nerds." Hope this finds you well.

Joe

Thanks, Joe. Since I suspect that you and I are of the same generation, my guess was off by about 25 years. My family a generation or two earlier were big scrap bookers also, especially my grandmother who kept every history-related article she could. The generation before passed down 2-3 old scrapbooks with Victoriana.

When I was teaching in what is now considered the Dark Ages, February used to be American History Month, and we did celebrate both Lincoln and Washington's birthdays separately. Even when they merged into one, we still had a day off from school. I miss those days.