Let’s remember and salute the great Abraham Lincoln, father of the United States as it was painfully reborn through the Civil War, on his birthday. Born on February 12th, 1809, this child of a poor Kentucky farm family was largely self-educated yet rose to become our most revered President since George Washington. He was a hard-working man, […]
Last year, I visited Springfield, Illinois to follow the life and ideas of Abraham Lincoln while following in his footsteps. The last Springfield site associated with Lincoln that I visited on July 29th, 2017 was the train station at 100 N. 3rd St. The brick station, though plain, has clearly been spruced up since the […]
Listen to this podcast episode here or on Google Play, or subscribe on iTunes New Salem, Sunday, July 31st, 2017 From the Michael J. Howlett building in downtown Springfield (part of which stands on the site of the Ninian Edwards house where Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln were married and where Mary died), I head northwest on highway […]
Listen to this podcast episode here or on Google Play, or subscribe on iTunes Springfield, Illinois, Saturday, July 30th, 2017 I sleep in then linger over a continental breakfast-of-sorts in my rented room as I catch up on some rest, writing, and research. When I finally bestir myself in earnest, I head over to D’arcy’s Pint to […]
Let’s remember and salute the great Abraham Lincoln, father of our nation painfully reborn through the Civil War, on his birthday. Born on February 12th, 1809, this child of a poor Kentucky farm family was largely self-educated yet rose to become our most revered President since George Washington. He was a hard-working man, from farm laborer and […]
Listen to this podcast episode here or on Google Play, or subscribe on iTunes Springfield, Illinois, Saturday, July 29th, 2017, continued I leave the Myers Building at the former site of Joshua Fry Speed’s store and Abraham Lincoln’s last law office on S 5th Street, and head north, crossing E Washington St, and continue halfway up the block. […]
Listen to this podcast episode here or on Google Play, or subscribe on iTunes Springfield, Illinois, Saturday, July 29th, 2017, continued After my visit to the Old State House, I notice one of those Looking for Lincoln historical placards on a building to my left as I walk towards my next destination. It’s an attractive three-story red and […]
Listen to this podcast episode here or on Google Play, or subscribe on iTunes Springfield, Illinois, Saturday, July 29th, 2017, continued After my visit to the Lincoln Tomb at the Oak Ridge Cemetery and a quick stop to drop off my luggage at the room where I’ll be staying, I continue my Springfield journey downtown at the […]
Listen to this podcast episode here or on Google Play, or subscribe on iTunes Journal: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Springfield, Illinois, Monday morning, July 31, 2017 Here I am in the handsomely designed, nicely lit, spacious reading room of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. I don’t at this moment require any research materials from the collection, but as […]
Listen to this podcast episode here or on Google Play, or subscribe on iTunes Peoria, Illinois, July 28th, 2017, continued From the 200 block of N Jefferson Ave between Hamilton Blvd and Fayette St, I zigzag my way south past Courtyard Square. According to Lewis Lehrman’s Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning Point, ‘Douglas and Lincoln probably stayed at […]
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