ABE LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY

It used to be its own holiday

Back when I was in elementary school, we celebrated two presidential birthdays: Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, on February 12th and February 22nd, respectively.

But in 1971 they got combined into a mid-Feb holiday weekend to celebrate all presidents (including a few who should not be celebrated at all).

When my father was at art college in NYC, mid-last-century, he pen & inked these sketches and sold prints for a quarter, pocket money for egg creams.