Today is President Lincoln’s 200th birthday.  Our nation is fascinated by him.  Some observations as to why:

He was assassinated on Good Friday in 1865;

He was a man of the 19th century and seemed to be ahead of his time;

He was the first Republican but is revered by Democrats as well;

The only election he ever won was his race for the Presidency (correction – he did win election to the State Legislature, but that’s the only other race he ever won); 

He was self educated and poor as a child but is universally acclaimed as the greatest President;

I didn’t want to go on for too long – this is a baseball site!