Saturday, August 6, 2011

Lincoln's Tomb

We spent our first and second tour days in Springfield, IL. Our first stop was Lincoln's grave. The cemetery was beautiful.





The tomb itself is quite impressive.





There is a tradition of touching the nose on this bust of Lincoln. Over time it has been worn to a shine. Later when we went to the Lincoln museum, there was a picture of this same bust on a painted wall map. So many people had rubbed that nose that the paint was gone on it too! People are funny.

This grille was on a door at the back of the memorial tomb.

M. and Friend N.

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