"Every effect must have its cause. The past is the cause of the present, and the present will be the cause of the future. All these are links in the endless chain stretching from the finite to the infinite."
- Abraham Lincoln
This year celebrates Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday, a man well worth studying for many reasons, among them his integrity and leadership in time of crisis.
Lincoln Bicentennial year-long events, exhibits and activities include free admission Feb. 12 to the David Wills House, the place where Lincoln spent the night prior to delivering his Gettysburg Address.
"Exhibits and restored rooms highlight Lincoln's visit and the aftermath of the July 1863 battle that left the town dealing with wounded and dead soldiers outnumbering civilians 11 to one. The house is located at 8 Lincoln Square in downtown Gettysburg," according to the Civil War Traveler, a information-rich resource online.
The David Wills House is on the National Register of Historic Places, acquired by the National Park Service in 2004. Project partners are Gettysburg National Military Park, Main Street Gettysburg, and Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau. Overall cost, $6.6 million. Architects, GWWO of Baltimore; exhibit designers, Gallagher & Associates of Washington; and construction, McCoy Brothers, Carlisle, Penn.To read about Lincoln's visits to Connecticut, see The Lincoln Institute site, which opens with this line "On September 11, 1848, Congressman Abraham Lincoln probably landed at Norwich, Connecticut, after taking a steam ship from New York City . . . "
