WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 22: Tourists wait in line to have their photographs taken with President Abraham Lincoln presenter Jim Rubin of Prosperity, West Virginia, after he helped unveil the new 2009 Bicentennial One-Cent coin redesign September 22, 2008 in Washington, DC. The coin redesign will highlight four phases of the 16th president's life: birth in Kentucky, formative years in Indiana, professional life in Illinois and finally Washington. Getty Images logo Getty Images 13 months ago

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 22: Tourists wait in line to have their photographs taken with President Abraham Lincoln presenter Jim Rubin of Prosperity, West Virginia, after he helped unveil the new 2009 Bicentennial One-Cent coin redesign September 22, 2008 in Washington, DC. The coin redesign will highlight four phases of the 16th president's life: birth in Kentucky, formative years in Indiana, professional life in Illinois and finally Washington.

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  1. Abraham Lincoln presenter Fritz Klein walks past Illinois's Old State Capitol after officials from the U.S. Mint released a new Lincoln penny in Springfield, Ill., Thursday, Aug 13, 2009.
  2. Celebrating Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday, the U.S. Mint releases a new penny showing Abraham Lincoln speaking to the Illinois Legislature, at the Illinois Old State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Thursday, Aug 13, 2009.
  3. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: Former Senator Edward William Brooke (R-MA) speaks underneath a statue of Abraham Lincoln during a ceremony to honor Brooke with the Congressional Gold Medal in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Brooke, a two-term Republican senator from 1967-1979, was the first African-American elected to the senate by popular vote.
  4. With a statue of Abraham Lincoln looming at left, former Massachusetts Sen. Edward William Brooke speaks in the Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, during a ceremony where he received the Congressional Gold Medal.
  5. President Barack Obama speaks under a statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, during a ceremony where former Massachusetts Sen. Edward Brooke, right, received the Congressional Gold Medal. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. is at center.
  6. Former Massachusetts Sen. Edward William Brooke watches the colors under the statue of President Abraham Lincoln in the Rotunda on Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, during a ceremony where he received the Congressional Gold Medal.
  7. Former Massachusetts Sen. Edward William Brooke watches the colors under the statue of President Abraham Lincoln in the Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, where he received the Congressional Gold Medal.
  8. Robert Spicer, left, and Ivan Edling, Civil War re-enactors from Loudoun Co, Va., pose with a Photo & Lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair, Wednesday Oct. 21, 2009 at the site where Senator/Colonel Edward Baker was killed 148 years ago at the Battle of Balls Bluff, Va. Colonel Baker was one of Lincoln's best friends; so much so that Lincoln named his 2nd son after him.
  9. Robert Spicer, left, and Ivan Edling, Civil War re-enactors from Louden Co, Va., pose with a Photo & Lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair, Wednesday Oct. 21, 2009 at the site where Senator/Colonel Edward Baker was killed 148 years ago at the Battle of Balls Bluff, Va. Colonel Baker was one of Lincoln's best friends; so much so that Lincoln named his 2nd son after him.
  10. The Abraham Lincoln Hotel and Conference Center is seen in Springfield, Ill., Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. The state of Illinois will auction off the Springfield hotel in December after 27 years and a $30 million unpaid debt.
  11. Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias announces he will put the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel and Conference Center up for public auction in December during a news conference at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. Giannoulias hopes to finally end a political and financial debacle that has dragged on for more than 25 years and cost taxpayers nearly $30 million.
  12. This undated image provided by Cornell University shows the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Three historic documents that distinguished Abraham Lincoln's presidency will be put on rare display at Cornell University. An original handwritten copy of the Gettysburg Address and signed copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution will be part of the exhibit at Cornell's Carl A. Kroch Library.
  13. This undated image provided by Cornell University shows the Gettysburg Address. Three historic documents that distinguished Abraham Lincoln's presidency will be put on rare display at Cornell University. An original handwritten copy of the Gettysburg Address and signed copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution will be part of the exhibit at Cornell's Carl A. Kroch Library.
  14. This undated image provided by Cornell University shows the Emancipation Proclamation. Three historic documents that distinguished Abraham Lincoln's presidency will be put on rare display at Cornell University. An original handwritten copy of the Gettysburg Address and signed copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution will be part of the exhibit at Cornell's Carl A. Kroch Library.
  15. With the statue of President Abraham Lincoln standing in the center of the Capitol Rotunda, at left, workers build a protective box around a statue of former Vice President Alben Barkley in preparation for a renovation of the Rotunda in Frankfort, Ky., Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009.
  16. Daniel Chester French's full-size maquette for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., is on display at the new exhibition, "Lincoln and New York," celebrating the bicentennial of Lincoln's birthday at the New-York Historical Society, New York, Tuesday Oct. 6, 2009. Abraham Lincoln came to New York City only five times in his life, yet the growing 19th century metropolis played a central role in burnishing his enduring public image.

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