As we celebrate President's Day, which actually combines the celebration of the birthdays of both George Washington (Feb. 22) and Abraham Lincoln (Feb. 12), I put together a couple of slideshows from pictures I took in the Washington D.C. area back in October 2007.
I posted the one dealing with George Washington earlier. While I have far fewer dealing with Abraham Lincoln, I nevertheless wanted to share those with you.
Lincoln was another of our most important presidents, having preserved our nation in it's most desperate hour, when strife and civil conflict almost tore the states inseparably apart.
Lincoln was a humble man, a Godly man, but a man of strength and resolve. It has a lot to do with why he was chosen as one of the remarkable presidents to appear on Mount Rushmore. .JPG)
I've included a couple of shots of the White House, and unfortunately the only others I have from my D.C. trip--other than his great memorial itself--are related to Lincoln's death. There are a couple of the outside of Ford's Theater where he was shot, and some of the house across the street where he eventually died.
Was Lincoln a Christian? Read his second inaugural address and see what you think. There is more on Lincoln's faith if you care to read it, but I doubt he would have been able to bear the incredible burden of the Civil War, were it not for his trust in God.
I hope you enjoy this President's Day slideshow as we remember one of the great ones: Abraham Lincoln.
Monday, February 18, 2008
President's Day: A Tribute to President Lincoln
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Very nice slide show, Bob. Having grown up in Springfield, IL I was thoroughly infused with Lincoln-lore and some of it was even true! Actually, as a youth I delivered papers to Lincoln's Home on south 8th street. At that time there was an elderly couple who were the caretakers and historians of the house and I believed they lived in a small portion of it. They were locals that had heard the stories of the Lincolns only a generation or so removed.
One Saturday morning while collecting the 35 cents for the week's worth of daily papers, the couple invited me in and gave me a personal tour. They had stories for every room and every article of furniture. There was the wooden hobby-horse that "Tad" loved, the horse-hair parlor sofa to which Mrs. Lincoln would famously retire when she had another of her frequent headaches, the small desk at which Lincoln would read and write late into the nights. They even showed me where the outhouse and been located, and though filled-in, the ground was clearly sunken there. I wish I'd paid more attention and had asked more questions.
What an exciting adventure to have experienced, Theo! How lucky you were and are!
There was a show on the history channel today regarding presidents. Apparently someone once called President Lincoln two-faced to which he replied something to the effect, "If I had two faces why would I be wearing this one?"
Guess "sense of humor" also goes on his list of good characteristics.
This is a story of Lincoln and his boys in Springfield that I first heard years ago. It becomes more profound to me as I grow older.
"One of Lincoln’s neighbors told how he went to his door one day to determine why some children in the street were shouting. He saw Lincoln walking past with two young boys in tow. "What’s the matter, Mr. Lincoln?” the neighbor asked. "The same thing that’s the matter with the whole world," Lincoln answered. "I have three walnuts, and each one of them wants two of them."
Boy, isn't that the truth! This attitude seems to get more pronounced with each passing year! How sad!
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