My Dad and I left Chicago on our way to Nashville, Tennessee. Springfield seemed to be a logical stopping point along the way.
Springfield is most famously known as the home of Abraham Lincoln. He worked as a lawyer and served a term of congress from Springfield. It's also the state capital of Illinois. The Old State Capitol still remains. It's the one in which Abraham Lincoln had his famous debates with Stephen Douglas about the issues of slavery and the Union of the States. The new state capitol, which opened 3 years after Lincoln's death is an impressively large dome. Both capitol buildings are worth the trip alone.
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| The State Capitol Lincoln knew and spent much time |
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| Lincoln's former site of work |
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| Illinois State Capitol |
My dad and I also stopped at Lincoln's tomb. Located on beautiful grounds a few blocks north of downtown, it's a must stop for any history lover. Eight years ago when I camped at the home where Lincoln's parents had wed, I found out that there were no remaining direct descendants of Lincoln. Today my father found this out. Like I did a few years back, he found this both interesting and sad. The tomb has a miniature replica of the Washington Monument. His wife and two of his children are buried here. His only son that lived into adulthood is buried in the Arlington Cemetery. He passed away in Vermont.
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| The beautiful grounds |
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| Touching the nose for good luck |
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| Lincoln's final resting spot |
Our final stop was at the Lincoln Home. Over the past years, the National Park Service has restored the home and the surrounding area to what it was when Lincoln was alive. The streets here are gravel, as are the sidewalks. Because of time restraints, we did not take the house tour. When my father was last here in the late 1950s, the neighborhood had not been preserved and three of Lincoln's great-grandchildren were still alive.
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| My Dad outside Lincoln Home |
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| The neighborhood as existed 150 years ago |
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| Another rich, privileged, Republican loser that will get away with being a criminal |
The other day I started watching a movie that I thought was going to be about the life and times of Abe Lincoln. But then I found out that the movie was about Abraham Lincoln, the Vampire Hunter.
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