The site where Abraham Lincoln’s parents, Thomas and Sarah Bush Lincoln, lived during the 1840s is planning a celebration of his birthday. They lived near some of my ancestors, the Parkers and the Goodells.
I learned something, a historical sidenote, that I did not know.
“The original cabin was disassembled and shipped to Chicago for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and was never seen again.”
Why would anyone dismantle and send the cabin to Chicago? Why not just make a replica?
I am convinced that some of my relatives knew Thomas and Sarah and possibly Abraham as well, when he was working as congressman and then a lawyer in Illinois.
And another strange fact is that a great-great grandfather and his family lived in Chicago during the World’s Columbian Exposition.
So don’t forget, everyone is a witness to history— you, me, every single one of us.
ajh
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