Season 2, Episode 16-Abraham Lincoln and Springfield

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Season 2, Episode 16: Abraham Lincoln and Springfield

Very few towns love their President like Springfield, Illinois, loves Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, and iconic beard and top hat-wearer! Learn about Lincoln’s political rise, his election and chaotic term, his wife, Mary, and sons, and his home in Springfield!

Be sure to listen to Abraham Lincoln’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 1, “Abraham Lincoln and Sinking Spring” on his birthplace!

Also, be sure to listen to Abraham Lincoln’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 3, “Abraham Lincoln’s Tomb” on his gravesite!

Lincoln Home National Historic Site from the National Park Service.

Lincoln Home National Historic Site from National Park Service Presidents series.

Lincoln Home from National Park Foundation.

Lincoln Home Virtual Tour from Google Arts and Culture and National Park Service.

From My December 2021 Visit!

Abraham Lincoln Home
Entrance Parlor
Entrance Parlor
Full view of the Entrance Parlor
Addition side
From the end of the room
Dining Room
Living room
Coat rack with Lincoln hat
Robert’s bedroom
Abe’s bedroom
Cozy corner area
Abe’s bed and bedroom
Mary’s bedroom
Kitchen
Out back
Log cabin replica
On the street where he lived
Views from the corner
Abraham Lincoln Home

From My May 2017 Visit!

Lincoln Home
Map of Springfield
Front Parlor
Living room
Mary’s room
Lincoln Home!
On the corner!

From My June 2014 Visit!

The Lincoln Home
My first Visit!
In the living room
The Lincoln hat
Abe’s bedroom
On the street
Abe Lincoln and his neighbors in Springfield.
Abe Lincoln (in all white to the right of front door) and his neighbors in Springfield in 1858.
Lincoln Home in the hustle and bustle from NPS.
The Lincoln Home decorated with black bunting post-assassination from NPS.
Abe and his sons in front of their home.
Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Home: 413 S. 8th Street, Springfield, Illinois.

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Recommended Reading for Abraham Lincoln

David Herbert Donald, Lincoln.
Ronald C White, Lincoln: A Biography.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0743270754/ref=sspa_dk_detail_1?psc=1&pd_rd_i=0743270754&pd_rd_w=dAUQp&content-id=amzn1.sym.c201ea52-e52a-4b28-967b-9c2cae823bd5&pf_rd_p=c201ea52-e52a-4b28-967b-9c2cae823bd5&pf_rd_r=JJXXB6KC2MFG5KCYSTA8&pd_rd_wg=FQLn9&pd_rd_r=a5e3a7a5-de38-4eee-aaf6-50e10410823c
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals.
Carl Sandburg, Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years.
Gore Vidal, Lincoln.

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