Lincoln Dinner

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 on Lincoln's birthday (February 12) but due the shortage of well-known speakers it can be held any date each year. Its counterpart for the Democratic Party, is the annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner.

"Lincoln Day" redirects here. For the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, see Lincoln's Birthday.

The event is named after Abraham Lincoln, the first elected president of the Republican Party who helped found and shape the party, and is famous for having issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed all slaves. Subsequent to the election of Ronald Reagan (1980), the most popular Republican president since Lincoln, some counties renamed the dinner after Reagan or have added his name to it, resulting in the names Reagan Dinner, Reagan Day Dinner, Lincoln–Reagan Dinner, etc.

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