Two Extra Crypts!!!

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(05-22-2014 12:34 PM)Gene C Wrote:  Well said Donna. I imagine Abraham might have preferred a quieter spot than what he has, but Mary might have liked all the attention.

At the time AL was buried at Oak Ridge in 1865 it was a quiet rural cemetery that had only been in existence for less than 20 years. It was very undeveloped and was no where near what it is today. That is why the city of Chicago fought to have him buried in the middle of their bustling metropolis, in the plot of land they had purchased for him(the Mather Block). They felt that Oak Ridge was not distinguished enough.

But it was because Oak Ridge was on the edge of town and so quiet that Mary insisted on burying her husband there. And there is no place in the world AL would have wanted to find eternal rest but in his beloved Springfield. He had intended to come home to live after his 2nd term. So Mary was in fact following his wishes to the letter.

The only place she could have chosen that would have been quieter would have been if she'd buried him in the wilderness where he was born, or dumped his body at sea.