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  • IF YOU GO

    Lincoln's presidential retreat reopens

    By Frank Greve

    After Presidents Day celebrations, the sprawling Gothic Revival cottage where President Lincoln and his wife spent more than a quarter of his presidency will open to the public for the first time.

  • Lincoln events are called for rain

    DIE-HARDS AREN'T DETERRED, BUT LAURA BUSH IS

    By Greg Kocher

    Abraham Lincoln no doubt braved rain and ice growing up near here, but it was too much for Tuesday's kickoff of the national bicentennial celebration of his birth. The event was canceled.

  • Legislators agree on one thing: Lincoln

    16TH PRESIDENT HONORED IN OLD CAPITOL

    By Jack Brammer And John Stamper

    In the historic Old State Capitol in downtown Frankfort, Kentucky lawmakers met in session Tuesday to honor the legacy of native son Abraham Lincoln.

  • Weather may be very reminiscent

    ICE, SNOW ON WAY FOR LINCOLN BIRTHDAY EVENT

    Abraham Lincoln's 199th birthday will be celebrated Tuesday at his birthplace just outside Hodgenville in LaRue County, helping kick off a two-year bicentennial commemoration of the nation's 16th president.

    MULTIMEDIA
    • Photo slide show: Centre students travel to see who has best claim to Lincoln
    • Lincoln's Home
    • Lincoln's Burial Place
    • Lincoln's Hometown
    • Finding Abe
    OTHER LINCOLN LINKS
    • Lincoln and Kentucky
    • Kentucky Historical Society
    • History Mobile
    • Lincoln facts
    • QUIZ: Test your Abraham Lincoln knowledge
    External Link IF YOU GO: Lincoln Bicentennial events
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