(Note: I wrote this post one year ago today to pay tribute to our 16th President. What I wrote then continues to describe accurately my own regard for the man. Happy birthday, Mr. President.)
We reached our new home about the time the State came into the Union. It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up.
- Abraham Lincoln on Indiana
To know our 16th President spent fourteen years of his life, the formative years of his life, in Indiana causes a bit of a surge in my Hoosier pride. An individual uploaded a tribute video to Abraham Lincoln two years ago, and it's a wonderful tribute to one of our great Presidents:
One thing I still remember very clearly were the many portraits taken of Abraham Lincoln during the last six years of his life. It was truly shocking to see how the job of President had taken such a toll on him, from looking like a man in his late forties when he took office in 1861 (he was 52 at the time) to looking like a frail old man in his sixties (he wasn't yet 56). The Civil War, admittedly, heightened the burden, but it's no less shocking; only a strong-willed man could've handled the job ahead. Thank God for Abraham Lincoln.
(My deep thanks to Manny535 for creating this superb video)
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