Run time: 21:38
Although this film has been around since 1954, I don't recall ever seeing it as a child. No matter--I wouldn't have been nearly as amazed by it then as I am now.
Abraham Lincoln was born 201 years ago today. There's a great Lincoln Timeline at The History Place.
Ancestors on my father's side who were living during the Lincoln presidency included his grandparents and at least some of his great grandparents, but all were still living in Germany at that time.
On my mother's side, her paternal grandparents (Milton E. Kerr and Kate Pettis) were both born during the Civil War. Her paternal great-grandparents were all in their twenties, and all four of them still had at least one living parent. At least three of my mother's great-great-great grandparents were also still living when Lincoln took office. All lived in the United States.
Mom's maternal grandparents hadn't been born yet. Her great-grandparents Schulte still lived in Germany. Joseph Hauer and Theresa Wolfschlager weren't married yet, but both were living in the United States.
5 comments:
This is so timely for me. I'd been examining some Lincoln marriages in Massachusetts for my family tree. I'm not directly descended of these Lincolns, but they were marrying cousins and other in-laws. I was so surprised to see that these were President Lincolns ancestors! I never knew his roots went back to Massachusetts.
Wonder video and fascinating sculpture work. I loved the pace and story told, not just the same. And like, you I don't remember this to be so "awesome?" in school.
Heather and Kathleen, thanks for stopping by. Glad you enjoyed the film. I was awed at the way this man could not only tell Lincoln's biography while sculpting, but then to relate the sculpting to the stages of the biography... wow, huh?
Interesting video. Thanks for sharing it.
T.K.
Thanks for posting this sculpting history teller. Lincoln was always my favorite president and I did many reports on him in school. We also share the same birth date, many years apart. Maybe that is why he is my favorite, I never went to school on my birthday until 7th grade.
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