Lewis & Clark Trip Day 42: Springfield, IL II (6/18/2021)

Friday, June 18, 2021 (continued)

Lincoln the Surveyor Mural (2013, by Michael Mayosky)

Enlarged reproduction of The Wedding of
the Rose and the Lotus (1915, by
Vachel Lindsay as a companion piece to a 
poem he recited in 1915 to commemorate
the opening of the Panama Canal) (KSS)

First Presbyterian Church (1866-1868, by
L D Cleveland in Gothic Revival style
with Romanesque elements) was the church
attended by Abraham and Mary Lincoln

The Lincoln Home (1839) in Springfield, IL, where they lived
from 1844-1861 before moving into the White House

Lincoln Home National Historic Site preserves the houses in
the neighborhood, including the Sprigg House (c 1851) owned
by Julia Sprigg, a friend of Mary Lincoln, and whose
daughter often cared for the Lincoln sons

DuBois House (1859) belonged to Jesse K DuBois who
was the state auditor and close friend of Abe Lincoln

Campaign posters on a log cabin wagon (KSS)

Robinson House (1863-1866) of Henson Robinson, a
partner in a Springfield business selling stoves and tin ware,
and manufactured cups and plates for Civil War soldiers

Arnold House (1839) of Charles Arnold, a fellow Whig
and political ally of Abraham Lincoln

Dean House (c 1850s) was occupied by Harriet Dean,
a teacher and gardener, and her son Frederick

Rosenwald House (1853) was the boyhood home of
Julius Rosenwald who was co-owner and president of
Sears, Roebuck and Company, and whose Rosenwald
Foundation provided funding to build schools for more
than 600,000 African-Americans in the South

Spaulding Memorial Fountain commemorates
Charles H Spaulding who invented the precipitator
used in the Springfield water purification basins

Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, IL

Lincoln Monument (1868-1874, by Larkin Goldsmith Mead;,
interior reconstruction in 1930-1931 in Art Deco style)
at the Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site

Bronze recasting of the head of Lincoln
(1908, by Gutzon Borglum in marble that
is in the US Capitol Crypt); the nose
has been rubbed for good luck

Bronze prototype of the statue (1920, by
Daniel Chester French) that sits in
the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC

Inside the monument are several statues,
such as Lincoln the Soldier (1930 original
in Dixon, IL, by Leonard Crunelle) showing
Lincoln during the Black Hawk War of 1832

Lincoln the Ranger (by Fred M Torrey) also
depicts Lincoln during the Black Hawk War

Lincoln the Circuit Rider (by Fred M Torrey)

Lincoln the Debater (original in Freeport, IL
by Leonard Crunelle)

Sarcophagus, although Lincoln's body is actually interred
in a reinforced concrete vault beneath the floor,
a measure taken after an attempt to steal the body

Mary Todd Lincoln and three of their four sons are
buried at the Lincoln Monument, the oldest son,
Robert Todd Lincoln, is buried in Arlington Cemetery

At the Illinois State Fairgrounds,
The Rail Splitter (1968, by Carl W Rinnus)

A dish that originated in Springfield, IL, the "Horseshoe,"
is an open-faced "sandwich" with thick-sliced toasted bread
(Texas toast), hamburger patty, French fries (any kind)
covered with cheese sauce (we seemed to have two colors
of cheese!); it tasted pretty much just like cheese sauce!

Next: Lewis & Clark Trip Days 43-46.