One for the Record Books
All those numbers from yesterday’s post got me thinking about world records and whether Lincoln has been involved in any. On Lincoln’s birthday this year The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum tried and failed to break the world record for the most people simultaneously reading from the same text–they organized a read-in of the Gettysburg Address, but fell more than 40,000 people short of the record. So to find a real Lincoln record we turn to Lincoln logs–here is a video clip documenting the world-record setting Lincoln-log structure. It involved over 10,000 logs and was set in 2001, making it quite appropriate for 21st-century Abe.
I feel that Lincoln must have been involved in some other world records somehow, so let me know if you know of any. Also, the ALPLM hasn’t given up hope on the simultaneous reading record–they’re setting their sights on the Civil War 150 for a reading of Lincoln’s Farewell Address to Springfield on Feb 11, 2011. So perhaps the second time will be the charm for Abe’s run at the record books.
