Lincoln's Springfield Home Lincoln's Tomb Old State House Lincoln Museum Court House Where Lincoln Practiced as a Curcuit Rider Just a quick post to tell you about a recent trip we took to Springfield, IL to visit the A. Lincoln historical sites. Dona's sister Ann flew to Wisconsin to spend some time with us and we took a 3 day weekend to Springfield. Our group included; Dona, Ann, Connor and myself. We got off to a pretty good start by being able to leave town by 10:00. The only significant stop that we made on the trip was in Lincoln, IL. Here we saw one of the court houses where he practiced law while he was a Circuit Rider. This was very interesting and well worth a stop for anyone planning on visiting during this bi-centennial celebration. When we got to Springfield we visited the Lincoln Tomb and also visited several other memorials that were in the cemetery, including: the WWII Memorial, the Korean War Memorial and the Vietnam Memorial. On Saturday we visited the...
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