Today is Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday. I have to say, I never used to care. This year is different. This year we have an African-American President. What would Lincoln have thought about that? What would a black person in his time thought the odds were that we would elect a black man as President?
I am in Springfield. President Obama (I love saying that) will be speaking in my city tonight. I woke up this morning and turned on CNN and saw my city on tv. We have the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum here in town. No doubt it is packed right now. (If you haven't gone, you must go! It is incredibly cool, holograms, interactive movies, and millions of things I never knew about Lincoln.)
I am a fairly progressive white man. I have a hard time digesting the past, and often an equally hard time understanding the present. We as a society have clearly gone far and have far to go. But I would like to think that President Lincoln would be proud of us today. I will continue to try to do my part. I just wonder what advances are in store for us as a country in the future. For now, all I have to say is Happy Birthday President Lincoln.
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