Springfield,Illinois is so close to us we thought we would visit the home of Abraham Lincoln on our Prep Day with E/S VanDam. What an exciting museum. We learned of the hard ship he went through to discontinue slavery. Individuals regarded their slaves as personal property and not people. During his Presidency he went through a time of sorrow with his children and wife.
Though he grew up in a log cabin he is one of our most noted presidents, a president for all people.
President Lincoln was 6ft. 3in., noted for his height, E/Williams has him beet by 2 inches. E/Williams is noted in Nauvoo for being the tallest missionary. They always make a comment about how tall he is. (And I might add, good looking)
We went to his home, a very nice home in a quiet part of town. It was very colorful inside. The more colors you had in your carpet and wall paper the richer you were. I would just as soon be a little poor. As you note the wall paper is a berry tone, with bright green drapes, what you can't see is that the big wall paper boarder is a pumpkin orange design. A lot of big patterns and colors, no wonder he and Mary had a few problems.
We had a marvelous day learning about one of our great Presidents. It made us thankful for our country and thankful for our freedom of religion.
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I agree that room would give me a headache too. I hope that never comes back into style.
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