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Friday
morning there were several locations in the city of Lincoln where a
simultaneous reading of Lincoln's Farewell Address was taking place.
This was the last speech Lincoln made in his home state as he
boarded a train and embarked on the journey to the White House as
the country's newest president.
This year, the Looking for Lincoln Heritage Foundation is
hoping to break a world record for the most people participating in
a simultaneous reading. In order to break the record, there will
need to be verifiable evidence that nearly 250,000 voices across the
country were reading at the same time.
In Lincoln's namesake city, reading events took place at
several area schools, Castle Manor and in the Logan County
Courthouse. Even though it was a holiday, the courthouse was opened
for approximately one hour for folks to gather in front of the
Lincoln statue inside and recite the reading at the designated time.
Mayor Keith Snyder and Logan County Board member Gene Rohlfs
were on hand as the official witnesses to the reading. Snyder was
connected to the lead group in Springfield via his cell phone and
gave the signal for the beginning of the five-minute reading exercise.
It will take several weeks of collecting data by the Heritage
Foundation before they will know if the record has been broken.
Pictures by Nila Smith |
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The event was recorded in the register of
visitors, with a total of 11 people signing in. |
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Main Street Lincoln representative Jackie
Baker welcomed all those in attendance. |
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Alderwoman Joni Tibbs, left, and Roger Matson
listen to Baker as Abe watches from the background.
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A practice run before the official event.
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