SENATOR COLBURN TO DELIVER LINCOLN DAY ADDRESS

In a time-honored tradition, Senator Richard F. Colburn (District 37) will deliver the annual Lincoln Day Address on the floor of the Senate Chamber at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 12, 2009.

This year marks the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. On February 12, 1809, Lincoln was born to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks in a one-room log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky. 

Senator Colburn's remarks will examine how Lincoln's humble origins are viewed as a fundamental influence on the political philosophy of our 16^th President.  He will also comment on the political relationship between Lincoln and Eastern Shore native Frederick Douglass and how that relationship drove national policy on emancipation during Lincoln's presidency.