[June 09, 2019]      

The Lincoln Heritage Museum had a special visitor Monday, June 3, when Abe himself stopped by. Mr. Lincoln (Portrayed by Dale Blanshan of Rochester, Minn.) was accompanying a tour group from Historic Adventure Travel Tours, a Minnesota-based historic travel tour operator.

While at the museum Blanshan presented Lincoln College with a special artifact, an unusual copy of Samuel Kirkham's 19th century English Grammar. Lincoln is known to have studied grammar using Kirkham’s book.

The tour was part of a “Mark Twain’s Hannibal and Abraham Lincoln’s Springfield” tour.

Pictures by Mark Gordon

Lincoln (Dale Blanshan) and Lincoln College History Professor Ron Keller, look at an unusual copy of Samuel Kirkham’s English Grammar. Blanshan donated the book to the museum during his visit. Lincoln is known to have studied grammar using Kirkham’s book.

 

While visiting the Lincoln Heritage Museum, Abraham Lincoln uses a portable communication device apparently shipped to him from the future, to take a photograph of his son Tad’s rocking chair.

 

While at the museum, Lincoln gave an impromptu speech to some of his fellow visitors.