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.
Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThank 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.
ReplyDeleteJack, this is a fine tribute to Abe Lincoln on his birthday. Thank you for this.
ReplyDeleteLovely post. We enjoyed following the Lincoln Trail through Kentucky a few years ago. What a fascinating life he had!
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