". . . with the climax of the Commemoration taking place on February 12, 2009, the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth."
That's appropriate. That'll be just about the same time the democrats complete the total restructuring of our republic into one federal state -- the culmination of the process started by Lincoln.
The process started with southern Democrat Woodrow Wilson, not Lincoln. There is a middle ground between unconstitutional centralization and decentralized chaos instigated as a power grab by a narrow group of politicians. Lincoln preserved that middle ground. He saved the nation from chaos and defended the people against the politicians.
"The great popular heart is not now and never has been in this war. It was a revolution of the politicians, not the people."
~Confederate Governor Zebulon Vance of North Carolina