This would seem like a good day to write about Abraham Lincoln.
The Feb. 11th Topeka (Ks) Capital-Journal reports that a privately-owned "Lincoln Flag" will be on display for the duration of the Presidential Lecture Series at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.
The 34-star National Flag is called the Lincoln flag because he was the only president in office during the time it flew from 1862 to 1863. Lincoln also would not allow any of the stars for the southern states to be removed.
The Feb. 11th Lebanon (Oh) Western Star reports that Miami University student Lydia Smith discovered a rare Lincoln fingerprint while doing transcribing of an October 5, 1863, letter from Lincoln for a class project. While doing it, she noticed a smudge.
The Papers of Abraham Lincoln, a project of the Illinois Historical Preservation Agency and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum reviewed the letter and confirmed it as the real thing. This is the second Lincoln fingerprint in the university's holdings.
The papers group has a website www.papersofabrahamlincoln.org/. This is a long-term project dedicated to identifying, imaging, and publishing all the documents written y Lincoln in his whole lifetime.
Big Happy 200. --Old B-Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
