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Sunday, February 16, 2020

Celebrating Presidents Day

Tomorrow is Presidents Day, a celebration held in February because  our two greatest Presidents – Lincoln and Washington – were born in this month, Feb. 12th and Feb. 22nd, respectively.   Both gave the nation, and thus each of us, much to be grateful for, not least being the opportunity and freedom to express ourselves through the writing and sharing of our thoughts and ideas.   

It is a freedom not allowed in a wide swath of the world and one we need to cherish and maintain.

I thought it appropriate to share a comment made by Irish actor Daniel Day-Lewis on both the honor and challenge of playing Abraham Lincoln in his Academy Award-winning role a few years ago.   When asked, Day-Lewis said:

“The minute you begin to approach him -- and there are vast corridors that have been carved that lead you to an understanding of that man's life, both through the great riches of his own writing and all the contemporary accounts and biographies -- he feels immediately and surprisingly accessible. He draws you closer to him.”
 
Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln
Happy Presidents Day!

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