This day in 1848, the Seneca Falls Convention convened. Heralded as the first American women’s rights convention, the two day event was held in the Wesleyan Chapel External in Seneca Falls, New York.
This day in 1851, Abraham Lincoln’s father Thomas Lincoln passes away at the age 73 in Coles County, Illinois.
This day in 1851…
Abraham Lincoln writes to his step-brother John D. Johnston, of Charleston, Illinois, about Lincoln’s father Thomas, who is gravely ill. Lincoln explains that his work and his wife’s “baby-sickness” prevent him from being with his father. Lincoln “is doubtful whether it would not be more painful than pleasant” for him and Thomas to “meet now.” Lincoln reminds Johnston to “use my name, if necessary, to procure a doctor, or any thing else for Father.” He asks Johnston to remind Thomas to “confide in, our…merciful Maker; who will…not forget the dying man, who puts his trust in Him.”
Happy 198th Birthday to Mary Ann Todd Lincoln!
Mary Lincoln was born December 13th, 1818. Daughter of Eliza Parker and Robert Smith Todd, pioneer settlers of Kentucky. She was the wife of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln and served as First Lady from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. #FLOTUS
The museum will host a remembrance ceremony at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7 inside the atrium at the entrance of the Lincoln Heritage Museum.
“Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy…” -President Roosevelt, “Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation” delivered December 8th, 1941, Washington, D.C.
Thank you to the 100 plus visitors who came to Trick or Treat with Abe!
#OnThisDay President Lincoln President Abraham Lincoln issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which sets a date for the freedom of more than 3 million black slaves in the United States and recasts the Civil War as a fight against slavery.
For the first time in the Lincoln Heritage Museum’s Grand Soiree history we are sold out. We want to thank everyone for all their support of the museum. If you were not able to attend this year we hope to see you next year!
#FunFactFriday Today our fun fact focuses on the eldest son of Abraham and Mary Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln. What did the Son of Rails do for fun to unwind though out his life? Well, Robert indulged in the working out of algebraic equations. He also was an amateur astronomer and when he gave up his Chicago residence in 1910, he had a thoroughly equipped observatory in his home in Manchester, Vt. He also was a devotee of golf and told his friends the game had saved his life when his health started failing.
(Born on August 1, 1843, in Springfield, Illinois, Robert Todd Lincoln was the first-born son of President Abraham Lincoln, and the only one of Lincoln’s four children to live to adulthood. Following his father’s assassination, Lincoln worked as a lawyer, secretary of war and minister to Great Britain.)