Abraham Lincoln

I like to honor President Abraham Lincoln on February 12, his birthday.

Last September I visited New Milford, Connecticut.  New Milford has a beautiful town green.  The town's history museum is at the north end.  A memorial to President Lincoln, erected in 1912, stands in front.  It is the gift of a local businessman who proudly served in the Union Army during the Civil War.

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is inscribed on a bronze plaque on the front of the 12 foot high, 18 ton column of Vermont granite.

The bust's sculptor is Paul Winters Morris.

And I shouldn't overlook the study for the Lincoln Memorial, which I saw in 2024 at Chesterwood, the home in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, of the work's sculptor, Daniel Chester French.

Happy Birthday, Abraham Lincoln.  We sure miss you these days.