I took a trip down through corn and big sky to the Illinois state capitol, Springfield. Springfield was originally named Calhoun after Secretory of War, John C. Calhoun from South Carolina. About 10 years later, when Calhoun became the 7th Vice President under John Quincy Adams, and then again under Andrew Jackson, and maybe around the time [...]
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Springfield, Illinois.
Posted in historyish, places, tagged Capitol, Civil War, Confederacy, John C. Calhoun, lincoln, Springfield, union on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s softer than that…
Posted in short shorts, tagged canoe, choo-choo, crickets, dusk, fire, lake, lincoln, michigan, train, water on May 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“What do you think you’d call that?” I ask my nephew. “I don’t know, a horn?” he says putting together a Lincoln log cabin. There is a train far off that you can hear every evening when dusk sweeps in, the time before dinner is cooked, after you have the lake water showered off [...]
I like tall skinny eloquent Presidents from Illinois.
Posted in historyish, tagged britain, goodwin, lincoln, revolution on January 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Abraham Lincoln once said that a good story for him was better than a drop of whisky. For those of you have not yet joined the Doris Kearns Goodwin fan club, I wanted to share a story of Lincoln’s that she often recounts. Lincoln, of course, was known for his unparalleled story telling ability. He [...]
