Springfield Tour

[Gene C]

Sad news.

We have had to postpone this fall's Springfield Tour.
We had some interesting new items planned this year, but it just hasn't worked out. For instance

Cancelled - Lecture - Rowan Herndon shares gun safety tips -
Cancelled - Tad and Willie's Lecture on "How to Clean Your Office in 10 Minutes or Less" which included "How to Get Ink Stains out of Your Rugs and Walls"
and their popular "How to Wash the Dishes and Feed the Dog at the Same Time"
Cancelled - Lecture - Dennis Hanks shares "How I tot Abe to reed and rit good"
Cancelled - Lecture - John MacNamar - "My Secret Crush on Mary Todd"

We just didn't have time to arrange for suitable substitutes.
Sorry, but I'm sure you understand.

[Thomas Kearney]

Sorry to hear that. You missed the cancelled lecture by JWB titled "I do all my own stunts: How to escape after shooting the president".

[L Verge]

Sorry to hear that. You missed the cancelled lecture by JWB titled "I do all my own stunts: How to escape after shooting the president".

Didn't I hear that Tom Cruise just injured both legs in doing one of his own stunts -- jumping between buildings maybe, and missing?

[Thomas Kearney]

He attended JWB's lecture at Tudor Hall when he was filming Top Gun. I see it took him until now to injure his legs.

[Gene C]

Plans are in the works for the a Springfield Tour in the Spring of 2018.

Probably sometime in April or early May. We will keep you posted on the exact date.

Mark your calendars now and remember, a Civil War or Abraham Lincoln calendar makes an excellent Christmas Gift that can be enjoyed all year long.
(I hope my wife is reading this)

This talk about Christmas reminds me of a song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDRFmn_KqfA

[Anita]

Glad to know plans are underway for Spring in Springfield tour! Great time of year.

Enjoyed the link. One of my favorites.

[Thomas Kearney]

Plans are in the works for the a Springfield Tour in the Spring of 2018.

Probably sometime in April or early May. We will keep you posted on the exact date.

Mark your calendars now and remember, a Civil War or Abraham Lincoln calendar makes an excellent Christmas Gift that can be enjoyed all year long.
(I hope my wife is reading this)

This talk about Christmas reminds me of a song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDRFmn_KqfA

Sorry I can't make it. I'll either be at school in Kalamazoo, MI (finally made a decision on where to transfer, will post more info later but will come home for the Surratt Society Conference) or living in San Francisco and calling at Golden Gate Fields (I mailed my application Tuesday. If hired, will post a link on my hiring and will skip the 2018 Surratt Society Conference since racing is conducted on that day). With your Christmas song Gene, that reminds me 97.1 WASH FM starts Christmas Music a week from Friday and reminds me of a song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz7W9MiPZZY

[L Verge]

Plans are in the works for the a Springfield Tour in the Spring of 2018.

Probably sometime in April or early May. We will keep you posted on the exact date.

Mark your calendars now and remember, a Civil War or Abraham Lincoln calendar makes an excellent Christmas Gift that can be enjoyed all year long.
(I hope my wife is reading this)

This talk about Christmas reminds me of a song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDRFmn_KqfA

As much as I hate snow, thanks for sharing the Sleigh Ride video. Several of the sleighs remind me of the two-person cutter that the vandals stole from our Huntt home after my mother came to live with me. It dated to the early-1900s.

My daughter caught them in the act and tried to block their escape long enough for the police to arrive, but it took so long for the dispatcher to take the information that the thieves made off while she was still on her cell phone. The truck even had a company name on the side, but the police would not carry out an investigation. The thieves definitely were only interested in the iron runners and frame.

I had no place to store the sleigh, but it was the principle of the matter...

[davg2000]

Excellent! Springfield in the spring.

[ELCore]

Pencil me in.

[Gene C]

Stay tuned for an update on the 2018 Spring Springfield Tour

While we have your attention and you are waiting, to set the mood, you might enjoy this music video selected especially for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0hFZPvanMs

(The song title and composer is also known as "Maraige d'Amour" by Paul de Senneville. Not composed by Chopin.)
* Thanks to My Name is Kate for catching that

[Anita]

Captivatingly beautiful. I'm in the mood for Spring in Springfield!

[ELCore]

I have been wondering about the tour. Looking forward to an update.

[Joe Di Cola]

Springfield Tour -TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
May 3-6, 2018

[A map of the Springfield sites marked out for each of you in on the reverse]

Thursday 3 May
• Arrival and check-in
• 5:00 – social time & dinner

Friday morning 4 May
• 7:00 – breakfast
• 9:00 – Lincoln Home and neighborhood
• Edwards Place
• “noonish” – lunch at The Feed Store
Friday afternoon 4 May
• Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
• Old State Capitol and other sites around the Square
• 4:00 – social time – Globe Tavern
• 6:00 – dinner – Saputo’s

Saturday morning 5 May
• 7:00 – breakfast – Lindsay’s
• New Salem
• lunch
Saturday afternoon 5 May
• Menard County cemeteries (?)
• Prairie Archives (or other options)
• 6:00 – dinner – Maldener’s
• Evening stroll through Lincoln neighborhood

Sunday 6 May
• 7:00 – breakfast
• Lincoln Tomb; Oak Ridge Cemetery
• Farewells and departure

[Gene C]

Don't worry, we will squeeze the Cozy Dog in there some where.