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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