Etymology: Named for The lead sulfide ore galena: Location of Galena in Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Location of Illinois in the United States: Coordinates: Coordinates: Country: United States: State: Illinois: County
Flags of the Confederacy displayed at a movie house on Lincoln's birthday in Winchester, Virginia in February 1940. Lincoln's Birthday is a legal holiday in some U.S. states, observed on the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln 's birth on February 12, 1809.
Edward Baker Lincoln, second son of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, was born March 10, 1846. Regarding Eddie's arrival, Abraham wrote to his friend, Joshua Speed, We have another boy, born the 10th of March last. Eddie was named for Edward D. Baker, Abraham's friend and political associate.