Presidential Places: The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
With many people taking vacations in July and August, an appropriate theme for this community for this month is one used last summer as well: "Presidential Places", i.e. presidential museums, libraries and national historic sites that make a nice side trip to any vacation plans. In my case, I have a bucket list project, which is to attend a home game for every major league baseball team. I'm about halfway through, and in recent years I've combined a visit to a "Presidential Place" on my annual baseball game trip. Here's what I've seen in recent years:
2013: Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati (along with the William Howard Taft National Historic Site in Cincinnati and the William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial in North Bend Ohio
2012: PNC Park in Pittsburgh (along with the William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum in Canton, Ohio)
2012: Minute Maid Park in Houston (along with the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station, Texas)
2011: Petco Park in San Diego (along with the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California)
2010: Globe Life Park in Arlington (then just called The Ballpark at Arlington, along with the 6th Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, where JFK was assassinated)
2009: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City (along with the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Kansas)
2009: Yankee Stadium in New York (along with the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site and Grant's Tomb, both in Manhattan)
For the summer of 2014, the plan is to see both Wrigley Field and US Cellular Field in Chicago, and a day trip to Springfield, Illinois to see the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. This museum documents the life of Abraham Lincoln, as well as the course of the Civil War. It ranks as one of the most visited presidential libraries. In addition to housing an extensive collection on Lincoln, it also houses the collection of the Illinois State Historical Library, founded by the state in 1889. The library and museum is located in the state capital of Springfield, Illinois, and it is not affiliated with the U.S. National Archives and its system of Presidential Libraries.
he museum contains life-size dioramas of Lincoln's boyhood home, areas of the White House, the presidential box at Ford's Theatre, and the settings of other key events in Lincoln's life, as well as pictures, artifacts and other memorabilia. The collection includes the original hand written Gettysburg Address, a signed Emancipation Proclamation, his glasses and shaving mirror, Mary Todd Lincoln's music box, and items from her White House china. The permanent exhibits are divided into two different stages of the president's life, called "Journey One: The Pre-Presidential Years", and "Journey Two: The Presidential Years", and a third, the "Treasures Gallery".
One of the museum's permanent exhibits, Campaign of 1860, includes modern-style television updates on the campaign's progress from the late "Meet the Press" anchor Tim Russert. Another of the permanent exhibits, "The Civil War in Four Minutes," displays a large animated map which displays the changing battle lines of the Civil War in four minutes.
The museum is located at 212 N. Sixth Street in Springfield and is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. You can follow their tweets @ALPLM
2013: Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati (along with the William Howard Taft National Historic Site in Cincinnati and the William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial in North Bend Ohio
2012: PNC Park in Pittsburgh (along with the William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum in Canton, Ohio)
2012: Minute Maid Park in Houston (along with the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station, Texas)
2011: Petco Park in San Diego (along with the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California)
2010: Globe Life Park in Arlington (then just called The Ballpark at Arlington, along with the 6th Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, where JFK was assassinated)
2009: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City (along with the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Kansas)
2009: Yankee Stadium in New York (along with the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site and Grant's Tomb, both in Manhattan)
For the summer of 2014, the plan is to see both Wrigley Field and US Cellular Field in Chicago, and a day trip to Springfield, Illinois to see the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. This museum documents the life of Abraham Lincoln, as well as the course of the Civil War. It ranks as one of the most visited presidential libraries. In addition to housing an extensive collection on Lincoln, it also houses the collection of the Illinois State Historical Library, founded by the state in 1889. The library and museum is located in the state capital of Springfield, Illinois, and it is not affiliated with the U.S. National Archives and its system of Presidential Libraries.
he museum contains life-size dioramas of Lincoln's boyhood home, areas of the White House, the presidential box at Ford's Theatre, and the settings of other key events in Lincoln's life, as well as pictures, artifacts and other memorabilia. The collection includes the original hand written Gettysburg Address, a signed Emancipation Proclamation, his glasses and shaving mirror, Mary Todd Lincoln's music box, and items from her White House china. The permanent exhibits are divided into two different stages of the president's life, called "Journey One: The Pre-Presidential Years", and "Journey Two: The Presidential Years", and a third, the "Treasures Gallery".
One of the museum's permanent exhibits, Campaign of 1860, includes modern-style television updates on the campaign's progress from the late "Meet the Press" anchor Tim Russert. Another of the permanent exhibits, "The Civil War in Four Minutes," displays a large animated map which displays the changing battle lines of the Civil War in four minutes.
The museum is located at 212 N. Sixth Street in Springfield and is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. You can follow their tweets @ALPLM