Extra Credit Questions

[RJNorton]

Very good, Scott!

"Earlier that year--several months before Lincoln was assassinated--the Board of Education named a new San Francisco public boys school after the sitting president. The "Lincoln School" on Fifth, near Market Street, was named on January 13, 1865, and was dedicated six months later in June. Later the next year, the school was to set another milestone in honor of Lincoln when it received (sculptor Pietro) Mezzara's Lincoln statue.

At Mezzara's request, the re-unveiling of his plaster statue of Abraham Lincoln was deferred until the first anniversary of Lincoln 's assassination. So the statue was dedicated at 10 o'clock on the morning of April 14, 1866."

http://www.everythinglincoln.com/article...tatue.html

[STS Lincolnite]

Roger thanks for posting the link to that article!

It reminded me that something I stated above was incorrect. It was a REPLACEMENT statue that was lost in the earthquake/fire. As the article correctly states, the original 1866 statue was plaster and was taken down after the outstretched arm fell off. A more sturdy metal copy (or at least similar statue) was made and placed on the original base in the 1880s. It was that one that was lost (all but a finger anyway) in the earthquake/fire.

[RJNorton]

Please try without googling:

What country in the world, outside the United States, has the most schools named for Abraham Lincoln?

[Steve]

Canada?

[RJNorton]

Nope, it's not Canada.

[AussieMick]

Mexico?

[Gene C]

England ?

[mbgross]

England?

[RJNorton]

Nope, not England, but it is Mexico. Kudos, Michael!

[AussieMick]

I actually thought it would be wrong. Too small and not English speaking, or not enough. Only things going for it were its nearness to the US ( and Steve's Canada gave me a nudge) and Mexico's occasional affinity , if you know what I mean.

[RJNorton]

In the years prior to her marriage to Abraham Lincoln Mary Todd was once courted by the grandson of one of the Founding Fathers. Which Founding Father was this?

[mbgross]

James Madison

[RJNorton]

Nope, it was not Madison.

[RJNorton]

This was a tough one. It was Patrick Henry.

Mary visited her uncle in Columbia, Missouri, in the summer of 1840. She wrote a letter to her friend, Merce Levering, and included the following:

"If you conclude to settle in Missouri, I will do so too, [there] is one being here, who cannot brook the mention of my return, an agreeable lawyer & grandson of Patrick Henry—what an honor! Shall never survive it—I wish you could see him, the most perfect original I had ever met, my beaux have always been hard bargains at any rate, Uncle and others think, he surpasses his noble ancestor in talents, yet Merce I love him not, & my hand will never be given when my heart is not—"

[STS Lincolnite]

Great question Roger!

I did not know the answer but after your reveal, I did a little internet search. Mary's original letter is in the collection of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, IL. I found this article about the letter. Thought some readers here might be interested.

https://presidentlincoln.illinois.gov/Bl...rst%20Lady.