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.
4 comments:
Thank you.
Thank you for this information but mostly for the photos. I remember his birthday every year. I visited one of his houses in Illinois, and it may be funny that I recall this, but the guide made quite a long-detailed description about this as well. He had for his family a three-hole outdoor toilet and it was amazing to me, back in the day you had to be pretty influential to have a 3-hole toilet and upstairs his wife had a comfy wingback chair with a toilet bowl underneath, quite fancy.
Jack, this is a fine tribute to Abe Lincoln on his birthday. Thank you for this.
Lovely post. We enjoyed following the Lincoln Trail through Kentucky a few years ago. What a fascinating life he had!
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