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RJNorton · 11-02-2024, 07:04 PM

Robert Lincoln loved to play golf. In 1901 he entered the Ekwanok President's Cup golf tournament.

Where did Robert finish?

Rob Wick · 11-03-2024, 09:03 AM

Last?

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Rob

RJNorton · 11-03-2024, 11:11 AM

Good job, Rob. Close enough. Robert beat only one golfer and finished second to last.

Here is a photo of Robert on the golf course:

Source: Lincoln Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

President William Howard Taft putting with Robert and caddie in the foreground.

RJNorton · Yesterday, 10:14 AM

No googling please.

What country was the very first outside the United States to have a city named after Abraham Lincoln?

Rob Wick · Yesterday, 11:52 AM

Wild guess, but Brazil?

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Rob

RJNorton · Yesterday, 01:02 PM

That is an excellent guess, Rob, but it wasn't Brazil.

Gene C · Yesterday, 01:11 PM

Great Brittan ?

RJNorton · Yesterday, 01:30 PM

Nope, not Great Britain.

Anita · (This post was last modified: Yesterday 04:06 PM by Anita.)

Argentina? I know they have a city they named Lincoln in 1865 after the assassination. but don't know if it's the earliest.

AussieMick · Yesterday, 02:08 PM

Congo?

RJNorton · Yesterday, 03:31 PM

Kudos, Anita! Argentina it is!

I came across this information in the Spring 2019 edition of the Lincoln Forum Bulletin:

"A 30-inch high, original bronze bust of Lincoln - the work of New York sculptor Frank R. Porcu - has been gifted by the Forum to the South American township of Lincoln, Argentina.

The town - some four hours northwest of Buenos Aires - is believed to be the first municipality outside the United States named for Abraham Lincoln. The designation was ordered by Argentinian president Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811-1888), a passionate admirer of the American president. Sarmiento went on to write and publish a Spanish language Lincoln biography."