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Springfield, Illinois
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From the outside, the four-block area preserved by the
National Park Service resembles Celebration, USA, Disney’s
picture-perfect town. From within, it serves as a gritty
reminder that yesterday is just as messy, delightful,
and unpredictable as today.
The neighborhood where Lincoln
spent most of his adult life was surprisingly diverse.
During Mr. Lincoln’s
long absences on the law circuit, Mary Lincoln leaned
on her neighbor Julia Sprigg, born in Germany and widowed
in the U.S. Across the street lived Harriet Dean, a single
mother, amateur botanist, and teacher whose husband succumbed
to Gold Rush fever. Just two doors away lived the Jenkins,
an African American family.
Heather Lindquist/Harvest Moon Studio is researching,
planning, and writing the new exhibits, under contact
to Krister Olmon, Inc., and Exhibitology. |
