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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. |
