What Will You Do For Lincoln's Day ?

[maharba]

Brandt's speech brings out several nuggets from Lincoln, some are familiar to me but some are obscure, but cause me to want to research them. Ike was still a strong president and Kennedy would falter into office nearly losing everything including a free West Berlin. So in light of 'a house divided', Brandt's speech is related to the split East and West Germanies. It may be (incorrectly?) brought forward as relating now to a United Europe but which appears to be splintering. Today is Abraham Lincoln's birthday but not any longer a holiday in much of the States. There are a good article or two if you Bing search term "How Lincoln lost his day" or birthday.