For King

[Reggie Cleveland]

Went to the new Lincoln Museum in Springfield yesterday.

Thought of you.

When I was taking a leak.

[cardinalgirl]

did you go to the history of funerals museum?

I wish to go there, but just never have yet.

[Reggie Cleveland]

I didn't know there was such a place in Springfield.

[cardinalgirl]

QUOTE(Reggie Cleveland @ Sep 30 2005, 12:11 PM) Quoted post

I didn't know there was such a place in Springfield.
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yes, it's next to that other place you went to. You know, they really need to advertise it better I guess, because no one seems to know about it.

it's hard for me to imagine that people wouldn't be interested in seeing embalming tools from the 1800's. Lincoln is boring compared to that.

[Reggie Cleveland]

What's the address? Can't believe I missed it!

[cardinalgirl]

I don't know. Hey, I just reread your original post. Is the new Lincoln place at the old Lincoln place?

[Reggie Cleveland]

This is the big library/museum that opened in April. Don't know what "old place" you're referring to.

[Reggie Cleveland]

Stopped at a martini bar on the way out of town. They offered the Mary Todd Lincoln -- "you'd have to be crazy not to like it!"

[cardinalgirl]

the museum?

EDIT

found the link to it. It's on Monument Ave.

http://www.funeralmuseum.org/

[Reggie Cleveland]

There hasn't been any kind of real Lincoln museum there in many, many years.

[Indu WangZi]

QUOTE(Reggie Cleveland @ Sep 30 2005, 11:04 AM) Quoted post

Went to the new Lincoln Museum in Springfield yesterday.

Thought of you.

When I was taking a leak.
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what was the highlight of the museum?

[Reggie Cleveland]

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what was the highlight of the museum?[/b][/quote]

For me, the recreation of Lincoln's office (cabinet members around the table) for the first reading of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. Quite startling immediacy; feels like you're actually there in the room.

For King, it would be the recreation of his casket lying in state in the state capitol.

[lasvegasreb]

QUOTE(Indu WangZi @ Sep 30 2005, 12:38 PM) Quoted post

what was the highlight of the museum?
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http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&h...oln&btnG=Search

[backstop]

So...was it nice?

[Reggie Cleveland]

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So...was it nice? [/b][/quote]

Quite impressive. A lot of stuff I'd never seen before. It's gotten some criticism for being "Disneyfied," but I think that's crap.