..it was kind of rainy all day..but did not appear to daunt our interest in any way...and we entered the very interesting building of Lincoln in downtown, Springfield...It is several blocks away form his home in Springfield that we visited with all our children about 46 years previous!
The inside of the museum is the last word..there are 4 theaters just inside the lobby that present video documentaries with srreal imaqges superimposed on the presenter....It outdoes Disney..not cutsey, but truly informative...In addition there are several small alcoves with continuing documentaries of equally informative material...all the while,,it is not crowded and the presentations are given to reasonably small, somewhat intimate groupings...It is splendid and a real treat...Included in all the presentations are an unbeleivable number of priceless documents and artifacts under glass inhermetically sealed enclosures, but close enough for direct scrutiny!....there were also mannikins that were so life like that it was startling, in settings so real that it defied imagination...If I sound excited...I am!
We had a lite lunch in their attractive cafe...and purchased some more books!
We then drove to the Home he lived in which we had visited many years past..but now were not able to park on the street directly in front...bjut on a lot nearby...and found it was necessary to visit the admission office nearby before being permitted to visit the house...A guide escorted us thry while narrating a very informative talk...There were some changes within the house to better control what is most likely a larger amount of visitors than in the past...It was worthwhile..and the entire area of about 2 square blocks have Reproductions of actual homes of the era in Village fashion!
...and then we drove to the cemetery...called Oak Ridge where there is a huge momument with 4 superimposed statuettes on it's 4 upper levels depicting battles of the Civil War...It was very impressive and the actual site of he and his wife's burial..
The next drive was further...about 20 miles or more northweat of the city where we visited the area where he lived from about age 21 for 6 years....He had built a raft to ship goods down the river onto the Mississippi when it went aground due to a drought at New Salem..He became enamored with the town and remained...It was here he self-taught himself to become a lawyer,,,being a surveyor prior to that... We learned much more of his personal and early political life at this museum...It of course will "all be in the book"! Many, many pictures were taken....and the we were off ...again...heading to Eureka College about 60 miles north...It was thwe college Reagan attended,,,It was past closing time...so we folund sujitable lodging about 15 miles away...none being present in Eureka!...It opens tomorrow, Sunday at noon...Hurrah...we can sleep later!...talk to you tomorrow!
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