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Article: In the footsteps of the Lincolns. (Abraham Lincoln memorials in Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois)
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- The Saturday Evening Post
- Article date:
- July 1, 1989
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"Stranger, do you know where Lincoln lives?" These words, spoken in jest by Abraham Lincoln to a neighbor when he first beheld his newly renovated house back in 1856, were hardly a prophecy. Today, in Springfield, Illinois, the city that calls itself "Mr. Lincoln's Hometown, " everybody knows where the 16th president's green-shuttered brown house stands. One of the principal memorials to "Old Abe," the house now basks in a revival of interest since its 1988 reopening following a massive restoration. Daily, as many as 3,000 visiting history buffs, vacationers, and schoolchildren pour through the only home Lincoln ever owned, which he would find a "matter of profound ...