With an eye towards the Prairie State’s history in the
White House, Illinois is prepared to celebrate President’s Day on Monday, February
19. General Washington’s victories at
Yorktown and other battlefields helped force Britain to officially cede
Illinois Territory to the new United States in the 1783 Treaty of Paris, making
it possible to create the future state of Illinois thirty-five years later. Washington’s birthday is the ancestor of what
is now President’s Day, and 2018 marks the first President’s 286th
birthday. One of Washington’s veterans,
James Monroe, as President signed the bill in 1818 that made Illinois the 21st
state.
The first President who lived in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln, was
elected in 1869 when Illinois as a state was only 42 years old. Lincoln, whose 209th birthday was
observed last week on February 12, has become a symbol of the State’s
bicentennial celebration. Ronald Reagan
is the only President actually born in Tampico, Illinois while UlyssesS. Grant lived in Galena, Illinois. The most recent President who lived in
Illinois was former State Senator Barack Obama who lived in Chicago.
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