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Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 2 years ago.
Abe-racadabra
Woot.com is a web site with an unusual marketing approach, summarized as “one day, one deal.” Woot sells one and only one item per day until the item sells out or until midnight comes around and the next day’s item goes on ...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 2 years ago.
But Abe’s voice No change
The Disney publicity machine is starting to gear up for Saturday’s official grand opening of the new presidential attraction at Walt Disney World in Florida — “Hall of Presidents: A Celebration of Liberty...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 2 years ago.
Watch for Tim Landis’ story in Sunday’s State Journal-Register (Always Abe’s Friend). That’s all I’m gonna say.
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 2 years ago.
The ALO thinks not.
Revisiting my May 2 post …This painting was one of the items that were to be up for auction at Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch in April. (The auction was canceled after the King of Pop sold out a 50-date concert schedule ...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 2 years ago.
If you haven’t seen the Illinois State Bar Association’s advertising campaign to boost the image of shyst … er, attorneys, you’ve been sleeping for the last eight months.
Abe is the centerpiece of the ads as the bar association say...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 2 years ago.
And the ALPLM home page is “exceptionally cheese-filled”
So says blogger “Where’s My Jetpack” (yeah, I know, but there’s nothing in The Blogger Code that says your name has to make sense).
But Mr. Jetpack liked the pr...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 2 years ago.
The hardcover version of Michael Burlingame’s two-volume, 2,000-page biography, “Abraham Lincoln: A Life,” is $125 list and $108.70 on Amazon. But, as promised when the book was published, it’s also being made available — eve...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 2 years ago.
The State Journal-Register (Always Abe’s Friend) looks today at some of the events planned in Springfield over the Fourth of July weekend. But for those of you with a special interest in Abe, here’s a link directly to the full schedule of even...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 2 years ago.
The Orlando Sentinel’s “Theme Park Rangers” blog got a preview of the new Disney World Hall of Presidents, which features Barack Obama, George Washington in a speaking role for the first time, and a display of dresses worn by First Lad...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 2 years ago.
The T-shirt design above is the favorite creation of “Dave,” main designer for Glarkware T-shirts and a partner in spreadshirt.com, a T-shirt cooperative of some sort. He also was interviewed recently for a feature on the same site.
“Do ...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 2 years ago.
(With apologies to the late Ed McMahon)The least expensive souvenir available at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site in West Branch, Iowa has to be the 50-cent scroll that contains 29 quotations from President Hoover. Some are pretty funny; others s...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 2 years ago.
The irascible Christopher Hitchens — who else would dis Mother Teresa — finds a lot to like in soon-to-be-Springfield-resident Michael Burlingame’s “Abraham Lincoln: A Life.” Hitchens’ review is in the new Atlantic.
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 2 years ago.
Lincoln-statue fiend Dave Wiegers clued me in to this statue of Abe, which sits on a small park in the tiny (pop. 700) but sculpturally rich town of Clermont, Iowa. Clermont isn’t too far from where The ALOs vacationed last week, so we took advantag...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 2 years ago.
President Reagan, of course, is Dixon, Illinois’ homeboy and glamor attraction. But when it comes to statuary, Abe comes out way on top.
Mr. & Mrs. ALO stopped at both the Fort Dixon Memorial to Abraham Lincoln and at Ronald Reagan’s boyho...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 2 years ago.
Richard Snortin’ Myth was director of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in West Branch, Iowa from 1988 to 1993. Not surprisingly, the Hoover museum has Snortin’ Myth-esque touches … liberal use of audio and video, lifesi...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 2 years ago.
Here’s a skill you never thought you’d need: how to make an Abe Lincoln figure from a toilet paper roll. You also need some black construction paper, some glue, and a $5 bill or, in a pinch, a penny.
Just one precaution: When you copy the $5...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 2 years ago.
The letters aren’t funny, and the imitations aren’t very good (except the Woody Allen guy). But this does prove that Morgan Freeman narrates every Civil War documentary. (H/t to Civil War Memory)
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 2 years ago.
New Salem gets no love from history teachersAn annual tour for high school/junior high history teachers came to Chicago and then Springfield this weekend — which was nice timing, what with the Civil War medical display and the plethora of Lincoln ...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 2 years ago.
… So who the (bleep) are you
Louisville, Ky. on Thursday night dedicated a new riverfront statue of Abe. Louisville’s riverfront is significant to the Lincoln story because that’s where Abe got his first adult look at slavery and its e...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 2 years ago.
While The ALOs were on vacation last month, regular reader and commenter Dave Wiegers of Gurnee kindly sent me a couple copies of the 2009 calendar he produced from some of his outstanding photos of statues of Abe.
The emaciated Abe above, a statue in For...
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