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Lincoln Heritage Trail Monument Re-dedication Ceremony, Oct. 4, 2008
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Matthew Mittelstaedt, site manager for the Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Preservation Agency. |
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Six-year-old Braeleigh Wilkerson recites the Pledge of Allegiance. |
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From left, Mike Capps, chief of interpretation at Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial; Bernie Schmitt, editor of VincenneVoice.com; Matthew Mittelstaedt, site manager for the Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site; Mary Jo Paisley Mordhorst, former state regent for the Illinois Daughters of the American Revolution; Ed Brumley, executive director for the Southeastern Illinois Convention and Visitors Bureau; and Michelle Schutter, who sang the National Anthem, during the re-dedication of the Lincoln Heritage Trail Monument October 4 in Westport, Illinois.
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Ed Brumley, executive director for the Southeastern Illinois Convention and Visitors Bureau. |
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Mary Jo Paisley Mordhorst, former state regent of the Illinois Daughters of the American Revolution. |
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Bernie Schmitt, editor of VincennesVoice.com. |
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Photos by Isaac Schmitt |
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In March of 1830, Abraham Lincoln and his family moved from southern Indiana to Illinois, crossing the Wabash River in Vincennes, Indiana. When Abraham Lincoln crossed the Wabash River, he left behind his boyhood home and began a new life in Illinois. But he never forgot his time in Indiana, nor the lesson he learned, and the mother who taught him so much and who he was forced to leave behind. Lincoln’s crossing of the Wabash River was more than just a ride on a ferry; it was an essential transition from his youth to the man who would one day lead a nation. The relief sculpture that marks the site of Lincoln’s journey is located on the west side of the Memorial Bridge in Westport, Illinois and was recently restored by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. |
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Lincoln’s journey to Illinois |