2018 Area Festivals

Page 68 2018 Area Fall Festivals LINCOLN DAILY NEWS SEPT. 12, 2018 S ometimes we think we have it tough in this day and age. Things don’t always go our way, we struggle and we toil, and we feel that we’ve been “put through the wringer” at the end of the day. But, if you spent any time over this past weekend at the Abraham Lincoln National Railsplitting Festival, especially at the Postville Courthouse, you may have gotten a reality check on what tough times really are. Compared to today when we have automation that helps us do everything from cook and clean to visit our doctor, undergo surgery, order our pizza or heat our home - in the 1860’s those tasks were done by hand, and not easily. This weekend, guests at Postville Courthouse could enjoy looking back at the days gone by, and marveling at just how much work it took to do some of the things we today take for granted. Among the many demonstrations and reenactments on the courthouse lawn Saturday, perhaps the most gripping one was that of the 108th Illinois Field Hospital. Railsplitter Abraham Lincoln National Festival Railsplitter Festival reflects a simpler, yet much more difficult time in our history By Nila Smith CONTINUE ...