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.
History of Lincoln's Birthday. The history of Lincoln's Birthday 2018 dates back to February 12, 1809, when Abraham Lincoln was born in Hardin County, Kentucky. Lincoln began his political career at the age of 23 in 1832 when he ran an unsuccessful campaign for the Illinois General Assembly, as a Whig Party member.