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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Senator Richard
Durbin of Illinois celebrated the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Abraham
Lincoln at a ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. The
commemoration is an annual event, required by an act of Congress, that dates
back to the Memorial's dedication in 1922.
Other participants included Harold Holzer, co-chair, Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
Commission; Honorable Scott Stuckey, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed
Services; Honorable Frank Williams, Chief Justice, Rhode Island Supreme Court;
Michael Feinstein, singer and pianist; and Nikki Giovanni, poet. The ceremony
at the Lincoln Memorial marks the beginning of a year-long celebration of the
16th president.
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Secretary
of the Interior Ken Salazar delivers remarks at the Lincoln Memorial honoring
Abraham Lincoln on the bicentennial of his birth. "Abraham Lincoln is not only one of the greatest presidents, he is in many ways the definition of what it means to be an American," Salazar said. "His courage, his humility, his faith, his commitment to freedom and justice and his belief in a nation 'of the people, by the people and for the people' shine as a beacon over our history." [Photo Credit: Tami Heilemann, DOI-NBC]
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