Lincoln in PA

[Rsmyth]

First, my wife and I travelled to Allentown, PA (1 hour) to see the Lincoln exhibition at the Historical Society. I got to meet Joe Garrera who did the initial investigation of the Lincoln Flag, Ed Isaccs with his ancestors diary and a lady who was the grand daughter of Laura Keene's grandson. There were talks, slide shows a movie, mourning material and a cane made from the gallows.

That evening we travelled back home (Milford) to see Billy Hipkins perform his one man play on Jeannie Gourlay at the Pike County Historical Society. It was a benefit performance for the conservation of 3 of Jeannie's costumes including the "stars and bars" gown. That was the dress she supposedly was going to wear during Withers musical tribute to Lincoln and the troops. Politically correct, they describe it as the dress that was never worn for the the song that was never sung.