This year February 17th is officially
Presidents’ Day, the day we celebrate the births of both Abraham Lincoln and
George Washington. Today, though, is Lincoln’s official birthday. In honor of
our sixteen president we present twelve interesting facts you might not know
about him.
1. Lincoln was our tallest president, standing a
towering six feet, four inches.
2. He had the largest feet of any president. He wore
a size 14 shoe.
3. Lincoln was the first president not born within
the original thirteen colonies.
4. Although Lincoln had four sons, there are no
direct descendents. Only his son Robert reached adulthood. Robert had two
daughters and a son. But his son, Abraham Lincoln II, died of blood poisoning
at the age of sixteen.
5. Lincoln was the first president to be photographed
at his inauguration. Ironically, John Wilkes Booth, his assassin, is standing
close to him in the photograph.
6. Lincoln is the only president to hold a U.S.
patent. He invented a device for lifting boats over shoals.
7. Lincoln never slept in the Lincoln Bedroom. That
room was used as his personal office.
8. He was the first president to have a beard.
9. It was Lincoln who first proclaimed a national day
of Thanksgiving.
10. As a lawyer, he argued a case in front of the Supreme
Court and lost.
11. An accomplished wrestler who was defeated only
once in approximately 300 matches, he’s enshrined in the National Wrestling
Hall of Fame.
12. Lincoln was the first president to be
assassinated.
No comments:
Post a Comment