I didn't know the significance of the date, but I finished watching
Ken Burns' Civil War documentary late this morning.
Tom
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On 12 Feb 2009, at 02:58, Joel Wilcox <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Somewhere in the world it's Feb 12, 2009 by now, so I hope it is not
> jumping the gun to post a few photos:
>
> http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2003625&id=1261510733&l=65d76
>
> Three are photos I shot in 2005 with the C8080 of a statue of Lincoln
> and his son, Tad. The statue is located on the Iowa state capitol
> grounds in Des Moines, Iowa, and is apparently the only statue of
> Lincoln and any one of his three sons. Lincoln lost his son, Willie,
> in early 1862, and all Washington mourned with the first family when
> Willie died. There's a good story about Tad. He apparently had a pet
> turkey who roamed at will and was out among some Pennsylvania soldiers
> who were quartered on the White House grounds. It was election time
> (1864) and the soldiers were voting by absentee ballot. This was
> crucial to Lincoln, who counted on much support from the soldiers
> through absentee voting. As Tad and Lincoln watched the soldiers
> voting from one of the windows, Lincoln asked Tad if the turkey,
> wandering among the troops, intended to vote too. "No," said Tad,
> "he's not of age." It was noted by an observer at the time (Noah
> Brooks) that Lincoln so dearly loved the boy that "for days thereafter
> he took pride in relating this anecdote ."
>
> I also included my two favorite photos by Alexander Gardner, which
> were taken within a couple of months, and possibly -- in the case of
> the broken-glass photo -- within days, of his death. He surely bore
> the sorrows of a nation.
>
> Joel W.
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