What Will You Do For Lincoln's Day ?
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02-15-2016, 09:11 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-15-2016 09:14 AM by Angela.)
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RE: What Will You Do For Lincoln's Day ?
(02-14-2016 05:10 AM)RJNorton Wrote: Wow, Angela, all of this sounds wonderful. I had no idea Michael Burlingame spoke German! How exciting to converse with him in German. I sure agree with you and Eva on Lincoln's Springfield Neighborhood by Bonnie Paull and Richard Hart (did you notice 11.4% of Springfield's 1860 population was born in Germany?). I must credit Joe Di Cola who first told me about that book. I noticed Bryon C. Andreasen was also there; I have his book titled Lincoln's Springfield. Thanks for posting about your trip to Springfield, Angela! Roger, I DID notice that and the large number of Germans was topic of several lectures which I enjoyed a lot. Also, I had a chance to speak to Richard Hart about the book you mentioned and that certainly was interesting. @Eva: you have eagle eyes, and yes it was large enough to fit a little something for you ;-) @Thomas: When are you moving to Springfield? (02-14-2016 09:50 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote: I, too, am always more than impressed when a non-native without need speaks German - despite the skills, the choice alone impresses me (I think I would have preferred several other languages first...) As Prof. Burlingame told me, he went to school for a while in Germany, though it was many years ago. In case of emergency, Lincoln and children first. |
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