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left photo- Museum Director Iris LaRue sits in front of a life-size painting of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Museum in Hodgenville, Ky., Friday, Jan. 11, 2008. A giant birthday party on Feb. 12, 2008, will kick off a two-year celebration commemorating the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's 1809 birth. -- right photo - A replica of Abraham Lincoln's birthplace is shown at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in Hodgenville, Ky., Friday, Jan. 11, 2008. (AP Photos/Ed Reinke)