ABRAHAM LINCOLN returning to JANESVILLE next Sunday!
150th Anniversary Abraham Lincoln in JANESVILLE, WI!
ABRAHAM LINCOLN in the person of Lincoln presenter, VERNON RISTY, will be coming from ILLINOIS to join in the celebration of the SESQUICENTENNIAL – 150th anniversary of his visit in 1859.
LINCOLN came to Rock County from Milwaukee where he had spoken at the WI STATE FAIR. After a speech in BELOIT, he came home with WILLIAM TALLMAN to Janesville. He gave a speech in JANESVILLE on Saturday, October 1, 1859. Having missed his morning train on Sunday, October 2, LINCOLN attended the Service at FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH with the Tallman family. He stayed overnight with the Tallman family leaving on the Monday morning train to CHICAGO.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN is going to EXPLAIN how he came to speak and this miss his Sunday morning train, be sure to HEAR Lincoln’s report next Sunday in the 9:50 am Service of Worship at First Congregational United Church of Christ. Also, learn about the NEW LINCOLN PENNY being released through 2009 – the BICENTENNIAL year of Abraham Lincoln’s birth and the CENTENNIAL of the issuance of the first LINCOLN PENNY. VERNON RISTY is an award-winning nationally recognized Lincoln presenter.
The FIRST BRIGADE BAND, the oldest re-created Civil War brass band which plays original music from the band books of the period on original antique instruments, will be participating in the 150th anniversary celebration too. The Band will play at First Congregational United Church of Christ (54 South Franklin Street) starting at 9:30 am before the CELEBRATIVE SERVICE which starts at 9:50 am., lead a parade from the church to the LINCOLN-TALLMAN HOUSE after the luncheon which is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC and then play a concert at the LINCOLN-TALLMAN HOSUE. (NOTE: Parker High School auditorium is the RAIN location.) The band concert is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
I am looking forward to the privilege and responsibility of being the speaker in that Service next Sunday. I am convinced that ABRAHAM LINCOLN’s religious faith was key to his leadership of our United States through the testing of the CIVIL WAR. Lincoln’s ability to engage persons of various attitudes and behaviors was key! I am convinced that Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln” provides us with very meaningful information and perspective on healthy and healing LEADERSHIP for a nation which is polarized and at CIVIL WAR. (NOTE: Goodwin’s book is now available in paperback and other formats.) I would urge every US citizen today – 2009 – to read it with all deliberate speed.
ONE MUST give careful attention to the message of ABRAHAM LINCOLN’s Second Inaugural Address which was delivered on Saturday, March 4, 1865 just over one month before the surrender at Appomattox (April 9, 1865). Tragically, Abraham Lincoln was shot while attending Ford’s Theatre on Friday, April 14 (NOTE: This was GOOD FRIDAY.) He died the next morning after lingering through the night at The Peterson House across the street from Ford’s Theatre – it was Saturday, April 15, 1865. Yes, exactly 6 weeks after Lincoln had delivered his Second Inaugural Address. Lincoln’s message concluded with a very strong poignant statement of RECONCILIATION to be his policy after the tragic Civil War,
“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.” Read the whole text of Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address.
One must ask, “Was Abraham Lincoln assassinated because of his attitude and policy of RECONCILATION?” It is very interesting to note that his contemporaries in 1865 were KEENLY AWARE of the religious significance of the days for CHRISTIANS with the shooting on Good Friday. On EASTER (Sunday, April 16, 1865), clergy throughout the nation drew parallels between the execution of Jesus of Nazareth (Good Friday) and his resurrection (Easter) and the assassination and “symbolic resurrection” ("Now he belongs to the ages.") of Abraham Lincoln. There are many sermons available online from that EASTER.
The JANESVILLE CITY COUNCIL recognized the celebration on Sunday, September 27, 2009, stating, “Now, therefore, let it be resolved by the Common Council of the City of Janesville, on this 24th day of August 2009, that all residents of the City of Janesville should celebrate the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s visit to our community by recognizing his accomplishments as the 16th president of our country and his powerful voice to end slavery.”
That Resolution takes note of the fact that on Sunday, September 27, 2009, there will be special celebrations sponsored by First Congregational United Church of Christ of Janesville and the Rock County Historical Society at the Lincoln-Tallman House. CLICK ON THIS LINK for full details on the 150th anniversary celebration coming next Sunday.
ALERT! JIM HAY, the sparkplug of this very special 150th anniversary celebration next Sunday, will be the GUEST ON AIR with STAN MILAM on the 10 am CDT segment of THE STAN MILAM SHOW (1230 AM) tomorrow. This is another chance to learn more about this very significant tie of JANESVILLE, WI with the life of ABRAHAM LICOLN.
And then, PETE SKELLY of Janesville, President of the Wisconsin Lincoln Fellowship and a member of the LINCOLN WISCONSIN BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION, will be live ON AIR with Stan Milam at 11 am CDT on Tuesday, September 23.
IF you are not able to listen live on air to these segments, there are always the podcast uploads later on the same day as the segment is on air – check: posted online later the same day as the segment is ON AIR – CHECK THIS LINK.
Here we go… 7 days and counting…
Mr. E.
Sep 25, 2009 at 4:42 p.m.
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Mary, I need to see this play like I need another hole in my head.
Sep 25, 2009 at 10:49 a.m.
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"other than that Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?"
Sep 24, 2009 at 6:48 p.m.
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kiowamohican, congratulations on your many correct predictions. But do we know about the ones that didn't come true? You know what a tout is, don't you?
My point on this blog is that it's easy to predict the past. You and Mr. Peabody need to jump into the Wayback Machine and inform Mr. Lincoln as to what he couldn't have predicted.
A key point is that Lincoln viewed the Union as the vanguard for wold democracy, and right he was (even those snobby snail eaters couldn't have done it without us). Lincoln maintained that lofty belief despite his unfortunate encounter, while visiting Janesville, with K. Sadie Briarmoon.
Sep 24, 2009 at 2:55 p.m.
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g-fan:
Just pointing out some of the history that is rarely ever mentioned.
I have made PLENTY of predictions on the gazette blog that anyone could have made a BOATLOAD of $$$ by following. Most recently the Bengels over the Packers. I gave out Ford stock as a huge buy when the governmnet took over GM, and Ford was trading at $2 and change. Now it's over $7.00. Gave out put option, and short sell plays on GM, saying it would end up at zero $'s; way before they declared bankruptcy. Gave out oil future plays before that ran up to $150 a barrel.
Geeez, how many dead winning trades do you guys want? hehe
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Today's play of the day (drum roll)....
It's the hapless Brewers at +110 over the Phillies.
A true contrarian call ;-)
Sep 23, 2009 at 1:26 p.m.
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surprized it wasnt briarmoons tree!!
Sep 23, 2009 at 1:26 p.m.
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gfan -haha
Sep 23, 2009 at 7:09 a.m.
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kwowhamohican, good job at predicting the past.
Sep 23, 2009 at 3:14 a.m.
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The Civil War was just one of many wars that was a total waste of resources, and cost countless American lives (in this case more lives then all other US wars combined). The south should have been allowed to secede. There is nothing in the US constitution that obligates any state to be a part of the union. In fact, it lays out provision after provision of states rights. Most all of the southern states were getting screwed over by Union taxation, and that was a much bigger reason for succeeding then was slavery. The biggest reason Lincoln went to war was because loosing the south meant a massive financial hit; as they were providing all the textiles, to the northern factories, not to mention most all the agriculture. Slavery was more of just a moral objection Lincoln had, and hardly the reason his administration declared war on the south. All though it would later be portrayed and propagandized as that, and history would commonly regard that as the reason for the war.
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The argument can really be made that we'd be far better off today had the south been allowed to secede, or Lee not making COLOSSAL military blunders to blow a won war for the confederacy (the South was winning pretty much every major battle east of the Mississippi). In time slavery would have eventually ended no matter what, and it's laughable to hear people say that was the reason for the war in the 1st place. The nation is so divided today that it would really be much better off having two separate countries. So the war was really a huge waste, in my opinion.
Sep 22, 2009 at 12:36 p.m.
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hannah, my post has some typos. I forgot to capitalize "Cherry's" and add the apostrophe and the "s":
They called him Honest Abe because he confessed to chopping down Cherry's tree in back of Cherry's Steak and Mutton House.
Sep 22, 2009 at 12:26 p.m.
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gfan are you sure honerst abe got him name from a cherry tree thing? All I can find about bieing"honest" is 2 times in a store- 1 was almost all the way home and went back to return to much change received and the other was about tea- to much given for the money.
husband said it was washington and the chery tree but said it wasnt true he didnt "kie" about cutting it down he said he cut it down as a child.
Sep 22, 2009 at 11:48 a.m.
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Bad behavior marred the Great Emanicpator's visit to Janesville when while on his way to enjoy a couple of mugs of mead-lite during happy hour at Weirdo's Public House he was heckled as a Copperhead by K. Sadie Briarmoon.
Sep 22, 2009 at 11:04 a.m.
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Honest Abe's first choice for lodging when he visited Janesville was the Monterrey Hotel. However, the owner back then, Ebeneezer T. Grafft, had to shutter the edifice due to unsafe conditions.
Sep 22, 2009 at 5:30 a.m.
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"STRIKE UP THE BAND: LINCOLN IS COMING!" - Do NOT miss Anna Marie Lux's excellent "Between the Lines" column in today's Janesville Gazette!
Also, JIM HAY was live on air with STAN MILAM yesterday. YOU can hear that discussion with follow-up open mike online - the URL is: http://wclo.com/podcasts/stan-milam-show....
NOTE: One caller asked whether there is a record of what ABRAHAM LINCOLN said when he spoke in Janesville, WI on Saturday, October 1, 1859. The answer is: YES! There was an article published by The Janesville Gazette - I think the date was on October 4, 1859 - which I continue to HOPE The Janesville Gazette will REPRINT for interested readers on or before the celebration of the 150th anniversary of this event. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED TO READ THAT REPORT, I URGE THAT YOU CONTACT SCOTT ANGUS, Editor-in-Chief, The Janesville Gazette, ASAP! Phone: (608) 754-3311. E-mail: sangus@gazettextra.com.
For more information re. Lincoln's 1859 trip into Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Bicentennial Commission has an excellent feature, "Abraham Lincoln the Politican" which summarizes his trip into WI. The URL is: http://lincoln200.wisconsin.gov/category....
REMEMBER: LINCOLN EXPERT and member of the Wisconsin Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, PETE SKELLY will be on air with STAN MILAM today at 11 am CDT today on WCLO (1230 am).
See you at the CELEBRATIONS next Sunday, 9/27?!
John/Mr. E.
Sep 21, 2009 at 12:46 p.m.
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okay I found 6'4" at 19. 6'5" and 6'4" at death. THis is bare feet and no HAT.
This is still tall for nowadays but not as unheard of now and would have been huge for back then. I do remember them saying his feet hung way over at the Tallman house bed and if you have seen the bed most of your feet would have hung over too.
Sep 21, 2009 at 12:35 p.m.
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lost_city- funny but I think it is the extra treat(A cookie) on your pillow if you stay in Janesville. This is the new plan by visitor-convention center to get people to come to janesville. SO "I will give you a cookie" is becoming true. I prefer a BOZO button.
How tall was Lincoln. Tall for then but not so tall in todays times. Was it 6'2" ish or so?
Sep 21, 2009 at 9:57 a.m.
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Lincoln was so tall that when he died they couldn’t fit him into the casket so they had to cut his head off. They then put his head on a penny.
Sep 21, 2009 at 7:34 a.m.
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janesvillecomments, I would venture to say that the Ol' Rail Splitter also redeemed himself when he saved his buddies after that frigate broadsided his cigarette boat.
Sep 21, 2009 at 12:17 a.m.
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gazettefan, it's a shame Lincoln lost that duel with Aaron Burr, otherwise, he might have prevented World War One - had he been elected to a third term. Fortunately, he will be remembered for his signing of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which gave women the right to vote.
Sep 20, 2009 at 7:24 p.m.
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Tragedy struck the Lincoln family when his wooden teeth drove his wife nuts.
Sep 20, 2009 at 7:05 p.m.
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"We are celebrating Lincoln's stay in Janesville 150 years ago. Will we do the same to honor President Bush's visit to the Holiday Inn Express in 2004?"
I don't think "WE" will be honoring anyone 150 years from now UNLESS, WE have one hell of a breakthrough in medical technology. LOL
Sep 20, 2009 at 6:25 p.m.
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They called him Honest Abe because he confessed to chopping down a cherry tree.
Sep 20, 2009 at 5:58 p.m.
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We are celebrating Lincoln's stay in Janesville 150 years ago. Will we do the same to honor President Bush's visit to the Holiday Inn Express in 2004?
Sep 20, 2009 at 2:20 p.m.
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Here is a link to an interesting page about President Lincoln deciding his command of grammar was inadequate when he changed careers, and how he remedied that deficiency:
http://www.history.com/content/hiddentre...
Perhaps Mr. Eyster will realize that Internet blogs have their own conventions and "dress codes" (i.e., rules about capitalization), and decide that he needs to improve his Internet writing skills:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Why-You-Should...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_caps#In...
It would be nice if the Gazette would change to a messaging system with features such as text underlining, bolding, italicizing, and even changing font color, such as the phpbb system http://www.phpbb.com/community/
which many Gazettextra readers have probably seen elsewhere on the Internet.
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There are quite a few alternatives available:
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It would be nice if some alternative which allowed more editing features (and still allowed the Gazette to paste in all their page formatting and advertising links) could be adopted.
Sep 20, 2009 at 10:59 a.m.
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This is a wonderful opportunity for the whole family to learn more about our great Republican President Lincoln and his times.
Sep 20, 2009 at 10:48 a.m.
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He heard about the Hockey team! They were right, it does draw people in..
Sep 20, 2009 at 10:42 a.m.
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Heeeeers, Zombie Lincoln!
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