His Life

The Lincoln Museum in Springfield really was phenomenal. They did it RIGHT! 

You aren't allowed to take pictures in a lot of it and much of it you just have to see for yourself but here are some of our photos and memories...

Us with the Lincoln Family...

 

See the "White House" behind Jordan? Many of the exhibits were inside there...but no pictures.

 

This log cabin is IN the museum. You start out there and journey though his life. At one point there is a display of wax figures...

An auction block. An African Mother. An African Father. An African child. An Auctioneer. It is very graphic. The emotions that were ripping through them were depicted in their faces and in their actions...even though the figures obviously didn't move. 

The family was being torn apart before your eyes. 

It was so real, that Lauren was in tears. Hiding her face in daddy's shoulder and asking to move away. 

It was hard to look at. 

So important to see. 

 

The kids all loved this scene. We heard a lot about how the Lincoln's indulged their children and were not good at discipline. Lincoln was known for saying that the serious stuff would come soon enough for them...I guess they got to do whatever they wanted to do!  

 

This is one of the 'films' we watched. Behind the glass an actor comes out and talks about why the past, pieces of the past, history itself is so very important. And the best part...Abraham Lincoln appeared and talked to us! Well, his ghost anyway!

The last thing we did before we closed the museum down was to watch the film, "Through Lincoln's Eyes". It was fantastic as well! (Really they should have paid me to go there for all the praise I am giving it!)