Abraham Lincoln Home

We visited the sites of Abraham Lincoln on our P Day this last week.  In Springfield Ill they have built up such a wonderful memorial to Mr. Lincoln.  It was very touching and reverent to visit this place.

This is his actual home that has been restored.  The last living heir sold the home to the state on condition that the home be a memorial to Abraham Lincoln.  The state has done a very good job to preserve and keep up this property.

The desk in the right side of this picture was actually Mr. Lincoln's desk that he used to write up his briefs for court while he was living here in Springfield.  Almost everything in the home was part of the family. 

Look at the pictures below and see how Abe aged so quickly in just five years.  The problems of the Union and the Confederacy were something that he lived with 24/7. 

The depictions of what was happening, and how they worked their everyday chores is so beautifully captured in these statues.  They are not done in wax as some other museums have done, I don't know what the product and materials are, but they absolutely look so real. 

This is a replica of his campaign wagon that he used to travel around from town to town. 

Rather an interesting sign that was posted in the museum.  I discovered that the political cartoons of today are milder than those of the 1860's.  They were brutal and harsh.  Way beyond what we would call civil for sure.  I didn't post them as they were way to cruel to remember.  [for me anyway]. 

This depiction of the last moments of his life were chilling. 

This is the back side of the booth that Abraham was killed in.  Again very realistic. 

Copy of the newspaper that went out the day after the assassination. 

This is the actual law office that Lincoln practised in before he was President. 

The office is in the process of being restored and renovated right now.  Will be open within a year or two they say.  

The Lincoln Tomb was much nicer, more reverent and sacred than I would have imagined. 

Lincoln's body was moved at least three times before the final resting place.  This was a temporary tomb that was used for only a few months.