Happy 200th, Abe: Lincoln's Bicentennial

This holiday weekend, presidential history is all the rage.

Happy 200th, Abe

On the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, President Barack Obama spoke in Springfield, Ill. at a banquet to commemorate Lincoln on Feb. 12, 2009.

"It is a humbling task, marking the bicentennial of our 16th President's birth," Obama said. "Humbling for me in particular, I think, for the presidency of this singular figure in so many ways made my own story possible."

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