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The town was officially named on August 27, 1853, in an unusual ceremony. Lincoln, having assisted with the platting of the town and worked for the railroad which led to its founding, was asked to participate in a naming ceremony for the town. During the proceedings, Lincoln chose a ripe watermelon from a nearby wagon, broke it open, and squeezed the juice on the grounds, as an informal rite of baptism. Langston Hughes spent some of his early years in Lincoln. Later on, he was to write to his eighth-grade teacher in Lincoln, telling her his writing career began there in the eighth grade, when he was elected class poet. A community history Web site of Lincoln, Illinois, was named "Best Web Site of the Year" in 2004 by the Illinois State Historical Society: http://www.geocities.com/findinglincolnillinois/ 'Mr. Lincoln, Route 66, and Other Highlights of Lincoln, Illinois'. (This project was created by Darold Leigh Henson, Ph.D., as a "distance" public service.) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln%2C_Illinois
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