Abraham Lincoln sesquicentennial, 1959-1960; final report

FEBRUARY 12, 1960, marked the conclusion of one of the most extraordinary tributes to an American leader ever undertaken by the people of this Nation and our neighbors throughout the world. On that date, 1 year after it began officially, the Lincoln Sesquicentennial Year ended—a 12-month period in which millions of citizens of the United States and of many other nations devoted their intense efforts to honoring the memory of Abraham Lincoln 150 years after the birth of the 16th President of the United States.