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 â Born This Day in History. On this day in 1809, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was born on a small farm in LaRue County, Kentucky. The site of Abraham Lincolns birth place is the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park maintained as two separate farm sites were Lincoln was born and lived until the age of seven.