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Presidents Day Scavenger Hunt Around Lincoln Square

By Patty Wetli | February 16, 2015 7:27am
 Lincoln Square is one giant homage to Abraham Lincoln. But there are plenty of other presidents to be found in the neighborhood, if you know where to look.
Lincoln Square is one giant homage to Abraham Lincoln. But there are plenty of other presidents to be found in the neighborhood, if you know where to look.
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LINCOLN SQUARE — Presidents Day is woefully short on tradition.

No turkey dinner, no presents under the tree, no fireworks, and sure as heck no outdoor barbecue.

So how do you celebrate the United States' honor roll of chief executives?

A scavenger hunt.

We've come up with a bunch of things and places in and around Lincoln Square that have random ties — usually unintentionally — to some of the men who've held the nation's highest office.

Take your best shot at finding the objects pictured below — or at least guessing their location. We'll be tweeting the answers throughout the day: @pattydnachicago.

Woodrow Wilson

1913-21

Richard Nixon

1969-74

Millard Fillmore

1850-53

John Adams

1797-1801

John Quincy Adams

1825-29

Johnson & Johnson

Andrew Johnson

1865-69

Lyndon Johnson

1963-69

Herbert Hoover

1929-33

Gerald Ford

1974-77

Bonus points:

Theodore Roosevelt

1901-09

Abraham Lincoln

1861-65

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