Mary's Reputation

[Tom Emery]

In reading through the postings on Mary Lincoln, I may have missed what I'm about to post:

Last fall, the Illinois Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum conducted two presentations of a re-trial for Mary's sanity. One was held in Springfield, while the other was in Chicago. Former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar narrated, while actors portrayed Mary and Robert.

The audience was the jury, and in both sessions, found that Mary should not have been committed.

I find this interesting, because as I've said before, I think that the winds of public opinion on Mary seem to be changing. It seems like those with some knowledge of Mary Lincoln are not as hard toward her as before.

No one is saying she was perfect, least of all me. But it does seem that people are more sympathetic to her plight than before.

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I have no idea what the **** in my earlier post means. I was not using inappropriate language, so I don't know why it's there. But the rest of the post shows what I'm trying to say.