Springfield Tour

[davg2000]

What a great day! The on-off drizzle didn't matter. It was fun to find the graves (I like old cemeteries, anyway), but the best part of the experience was the conversation on the trip. I didn't know where John McNamar was buried, ditto William Berry. With regard to Ann Rutledge, it is true that she just wasn't all there at her second grave site.

I have been surprised, too, at how small Marilyn's dress is. I'm sure that the dress was designed to accentuate Marilyn's assets, so it's small on purpose. The dress was part of the Louise Tabor collection that ALPLM purchased a few years ago. I don't remember why Ms. Tabor had the dress, but Marilyn was a friend of Carl Sandburg's. And she did revere Lincoln.

Thanks to Joe D., Scott, and Gene for a great Friday!

Gene, here is the link to John Y. Simon's article on Ann Rutledge: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jala/2629860...=fulltext.

Simon, by the way, was the only historian I have found who panned ALPM when it appeared in the spring of 2005. He drew a comparison to Disneyland.