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.
Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 â April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party.