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A Lincoln Day Dinner (sometimes called Lincoln Dinner) is an annual celebration of the Republican Party and a fundraising event for Republican Party affiliated organizations at the county level. Traditionally, it is held in February or March depending on the county, and sometimes on Lincoln's Birthday (February 12), although it can be held on ...
Reagan Day Dinner (or Reagan Dinner, Lincoln–Reagan Dinner, etc.), an annual fundraising event for the Republican Party Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Reagan Day .
Glasses by Dorflinger for the Lincoln dinner service in the White House. Christian Dorflinger (1828–1915) was an American glass manufacturer. Biography.
The Republican Party's equivalent is usually called a Lincoln Dinner, Reagan Dinner, or Lincoln–Reagan Dinner. Into the 1960s, state and local Democratic Parties across the country depended on well-attended Jefferson–Jackson Day dinners to provide their annual funding. [2]
Menu from Lincoln's Birthday celebration held by the Republican Club of the City of New York in 1887. Many Republican Party organizations hold Lincoln's Birthday celebrations because Lincoln was the first Republican president. As part of Lincoln's birthday bicentennial, the U.S. Mint released four new Lincoln cents.
Pieces of the 1861 Lincoln "solferino" state china on display in the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.. The china service of the Lincoln administration generally refers to a set of purple-banded china dishes used for serving and eating food at the White House, home of the president of the United States for state dinners.
Lincoln was chosen to be the Republican candidate in the 1860 presidential election, which he won on November 6 with 180 electoral votes.Between this time and his inauguration on March 4, seven Deep South cotton states—South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas—seceded from the Union.
Illustration of the first state dinner at the White House. David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii meeting with President Ulysses S. Grant. A state dinner in the United States is a formal dinner held in honor of a foreign head of state, such as a king, queen, president, or any head of government.