Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln, After 15 years at Naval Station Everett, the USS Abraham Lincoln, No. 72, pulls away from its homeport for the final time early next month.

For some of the warship’s 3,000 crew members and their families, the departure means a move to Norfolk, Va. There the Lincoln is scheduled for a four-year overhaul and refueling of its nuclear reactors to prepare the ship for another 25 years of service.

Sailors on the Abe have become tied to the local landscape and woven into the fabric of the community, Capt. John Alexander, the commander of the aircraft carrier, told the Daily Herald newspaper.

“We’re embedded in the schools, the soccer teams, the churches,” said Capt. Alexander. “The Lincoln has been a fixture in Everett for 15 years – 15 of the 22 years since the ship was commissioned. That’s a long time. We will leave a footprint.”

Alexander, like many other Lincoln crew members, must wait to see what happens after the Lincoln’s upcoming deployment in the Middle East and them the trip to Virginia. They’ll get new assignments next year. Some could return to work in Everett.

The idea of leaving Everett to move to Virginia is heartbreaking for Tracie Holley.

“I’m from the desert, so I fell in love with the Northwest. Even the rain,” said Holley, 28, the wife of Navy Airman Jeremiah Holley and mother of their toddler Miah Holley. “Anybody who gets stationed here is lucky.”

As the Lincoln makes its way to the Middle East, the carrier USS Nimitz, No. 68, is scheduled to tie up in January at its new Everett homeport, joining the current carrier group of frigates and destroyers based here.

For many, the Lincoln is an icon of the city.

Abraham Lincoln Birthday | USsPost.com

Abraham Lincoln Birthday | USsPost.com:Although the Winter Olympic Games in 2010 to begin today, and provides not let them overwhelm today is to remember the birth of the great American President, Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, and grew to become the 16th President of the United States. This led the country during the American Civil War, and the preservation of the Union and end slavery. Was assassinated in April of 1965.

Eid Milad Lincoln is a legal holiday in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Missouri and New Jersey, New York, and Indiana. It celebrated his birthday, or on the nearest Monday in February birthday 12th. Many other countries that were formerly Lincoln observed in the birth of Eid holiday created to honor the joint of both the Lincoln and George Washington, calling it “Presidents Day”. It coincides with the federal holiday officially designated “Eid Milad Washington,” noted on the third Monday of February. This year Eid, is February 15th.

Lets all take a moment to remember this great leader of America.