You've already read about him, and if you were at the Middletown Homecoming parade Saturday, you've already seen him, but if not, here he is: Logan County's newest Abe. This larger-than-life replica of the statue that sits in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., was rescued from a trash bin in Springfield by county board member Kevin Bateman. The replica has been entrusted to the care of John Sutton of the Abraham Lincoln National Railsplitting Festival.
Saturday it seemed only fitting that the new Abe would make his first-ever public appearance at the first-ever Middletown Homecoming parade.
Photo by Nila Smith (Click on picture for larger image.)
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