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Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931) - RJNorton - 02-25-2019 09:24 AM
Thanks to Bob Cook for sending:
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Vachel Lindsay was an American poet considered to be the founder of modern singing poetry. Mr. Lindsay was born and died in his Springfield, Illinois home. Guide Ian Winterbauer toured the home and explained Lindsay’s lasting impact on poetry.
See: https://www.c-span.org/video/?457742-1/vachel-lindsay-home
(Approximately 14 minutes).
RE: Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931) - Susan Higginbotham - 03-04-2019 11:23 PM
The house formerly belonged to Ann Todd Clark, the younger full-sister of Mary Lincoln.
RE: Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931) - Donna McCreary - 03-05-2019 12:40 AM
The house belonged to Mary's younger sister, Ann Todd Smith - her husband was Clark Moulton Smith, a store keeper in Springfield. The Smiths had eight children; four of them, including a young boy named Lincoln Smith, died as children. One of the many Todd relatives in Springfield described Ann's house as having, "a fountain in the yard, and flowers of many varieties, and statues of deer, etc., peeked out of the shrubbery; her parlors were carpeted with deep pile velvet and her furniture was mostly Vernis-Martin."
RE: Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931) - LincolnMan - 03-05-2019 05:43 PM
Lincoln Walks at Midnight.