ON this date in 1860 - Grace Bedell, 11 years old, wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln.

The letter stated that Lincoln would look better if he would grow a beard.

After reading this, Bun Man turned to me and Mr. Purple and said he was going to go pen a letter.

When we asked to whom the letter would be written, Bun replied, "I'm writing it to all Congress persons, they got way too much ASS showing right now, a beard will help a lot of the men and a few of the women."