Yes, that's me right now! I'm watching the 2.5 hour special on The History Channel about Abraham Lincoln. How much I love Illinois' favorite son! It's produced by Doris Kearns Goodwin, who loves Abe, too, but doesn't deify him. This show puts him in the context of his times. It's enormously cool to hear President Barack Obama -- also of Illinois, by the way! -- refer to Lincoln in New Salem as "a young man on the make."
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| Parts 2 and 3 are on Monday and Tuesday | |
Happy President's Day!
That sounds like a great show. Illinois definitely has some great "native sons," including my own son who was born in Maryville near Edwardsville. I hope you get President's Day off. Have a good one.
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting about this! It made my vacation-week watch list!
ReplyDeleteRats, I missed this. I hope they rerun it. I forgot it was on.
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