Where Is It?
06-09-2024, 12:40 PM,
RE: Where Is It?
Hint #1: The correct answer is in the Western Hemisphere.
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06-09-2024, 09:50 PM,
RE: Where Is It?
Mexico?

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Rob
Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.
--Ida M. Tarbell

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06-10-2024, 04:04 AM,
RE: Where Is It?
Nope, not Mexico, Rob. You are very close, however.
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06-10-2024, 01:33 PM,
RE: Where Is It?
That statue is in Havana, Cuba.

You can find it on the map the Dave Wiegers and I created:
https://dbwiegers.zenfolio.com/lincoln-sculpture-map

We have recently updated and now have over 600 Lincoln sculptures (statue, bust, relief) represented! Check it out if you haven't already!!

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06-10-2024, 03:18 PM,
RE: Where Is It?
You nailed it, Scott!
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06-11-2024, 10:52 AM,
RE: Where Is It?
Thanks for posting the web site Scott.
Interesting to see that there are no statues of Lincoln in Canada

Roger, Thanks for posting all these trivia questions.
So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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06-11-2024, 12:26 PM,
RE: Where Is It?
(06-11-2024, 10:52 AM)Gene C Wrote: Thanks for posting the web site Scott.
Interesting to see that there are no statues of Lincoln in Canada

Roger, Thanks for posting all these trivia questions.

You're welcome Gene!

As far as Lincoln sculptures in Canada. Every once in a while we hear of a supposed Lincoln sculpture in Canada, but we haven't yet been able to confirm any. One person sent us photo of a "Lincoln" statue in Canada. It was a bearded figure that was clearly not Lincoln, and with a little research, we were able to prove it wasn't Lincoln and find out who it was (but I can't remember the name now...). That was a close as we have come.
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08-19-2025, 07:52 PM,
RE: Where Is It?
No googling please.

Where is this boulder located?

[Image: Lincolnspokehere.jpg]
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08-20-2025, 06:19 AM,
RE: Where Is It?
Let's modify the question - in what state is the boulder located?
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08-20-2025, 07:22 AM,
RE: Where Is It?
Is it Iowa?

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Rob
Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.
--Ida M. Tarbell

I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent.
--Carl Sandburg
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08-20-2025, 08:11 AM,
RE: Where Is It?
Michigan ?
So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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08-20-2025, 08:39 AM,
RE: Where Is It?
I "Burlingamed" a possible correct answer of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Burlingame's work is written in chronological order.

"Later that month (August) Lincoln spoke in Kalamazoo, Michigan. . . . Cogently Lincoln argued that once slavery managed to take root in Kansas, attempts to expel it would fail." (Abraham Lincoln: A Life, Vol. One, p. 428)
"So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history." -- Plutarch
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08-20-2025, 11:10 AM,
RE: Where Is It?
I read an article about this boulder a couple days ago (likely Roger did the same), so I won't give away the answer. But I will say that Michigan is incorrect.

Since the article had this old picture, I was curious if the boulder was still in existence. The answer is yes. Here's a screen grab from Google Street View:

[Image: lincoln-boulder.png]
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08-20-2025, 12:01 PM,
RE: Where Is It?
Thanks, Dave.

Iowa is incorrect, Gene.
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08-20-2025, 02:54 PM,
RE: Where Is It?
"In early August, Lincoln swung throughout southeastern Illinois." (Abraham Lincoln: A Life, Vol. One, p. 428)
"So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history." -- Plutarch
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