Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-11-06
MEMORIAL HALL TO
ABE LINCOLN IS
DEDICATED WITH
CEREMONIES
Imposing Structure Of Granite
Enshrining Humble Log
Csbia Where Martyr Presi-
dent Was Born Opened.
COST OF EDrFI0E
/. was TWELVE THOUSAND

tby HvqnfeN uernia a. y. keasef Wtssl
ftodsenvIlle, KY. Nov. 9Th,
Memorial Hall 10 Abraham Lincoln
erected on TIE old Lincoln Farm. vii
DO dedicated Thursday IN the pres
ence OF Fr, eldenl TAFT, Chier Justles
Edward Douglass White OF the So
premo court OF the United sletce. the
governors o. several states, senators
congre~msn and mtp prominent In
literature and In public life. This
Lincoln farm IL located near fiodarn-
vile. and largo number Of peopls
are assembling tonight TO witness the
ceremonles
The imposing building Of granite.
which 10 10 figure In the exercises to-
marrow. enshrine. ihe humble los
cabin IN which Abraham Lincoln was
born ige years aao. Tho Lincoln
Farm association VIII tara over the
farm. this psmorial building. which
has been erected Of . coat OF tti2..
600. and $4,000 for maintenance, 10
the federal government and Il viii 90
formally received by The president.
Chieelcd into the granite on ono side
u tho building IL the following in
fcripuon.
Here. over the log cabin where
Abraham Lincoln was born. destined
TO preserve the union and free the
slave, grateful people have dedicated
this memorial 10 unity. peace and
brotherhood among these states"
When the memorial farm and the
building are accepted ny President
Taft the entire military establishment
Iof Kentucky. several regiments of the
regular army % the United STATES and
mary encarpmensH OF the grand army
OF the Republic ard of the confadcr-
ate Veterans VIII salute. More than
a score Of special trains will he run
from Louisville 20 carry the Thousands
who viii be- present.
The i.incoln Farm association, an
der the ausplcee OF which the work
81 erecting the memorial has been
hone. 10 composed OF some OF the
most prominent men IN the country.
Tho president IN former Governor Jo-
officcrs ara Clarence N. Mackay,
irsaSurers Cherries E Miner. assistant
treasufef: Richard n. Jones sacfr-
tary. and Robert .. Collier. chairman
OF the executive committee
The members OF the soard Of trus-
ttas are President TAN. Cardinal Obj
bons. General Horace Porter. Ioaens
choaie. Oscar s Strauss. Governor
Augnsins y. Wilson Of Kentucky. SUE
preme Court Justice Charles r..
Hushes. Lyman !. Gaee. Miss Ida
TarhelL Colonel Ilcnry Watterson,
August lielmont. Jenain Lloyd Jones.
William Jennings bryan. Charles A.
Towne. Thomas Hastings. samuel
dompern Norman Hapsood. william
rravcrs Jerome. Robert .. Collier. Al.
bert shaw and Charles n, 1fiacr.
The late Mark Twain wss q member
Of the board. ss was the iass Edward
AZ. shepard.
The Memorial BUILDING stands or o
little hill. 1t the foot OF which n the
spring which attracted Tsacmsa Liza
coin ana Nsncy Hanks. Lincoln's
father ana mother. and caused them
TO settle those. u was on tho site OF
the present building that the newly
wodeeG pair buiit a crude cabin OF
rough. unhewn logs In the center OF
cabin was Just iIkc the other cabins
on the frontier st thai time. II had
only ono room. with q small loft.
big outside chlnney ana n huge tirs-
place. rough door which swune on
leather hlngts and. when they moved
into II. not a single window.
The farm end she old 9. oln were
not set asldr Ia form . patriotic
shrine until the centenary Of the birth
of the great meneIpator two years
ago. On that day pronstncnt men aud
women from all over the land. made
q pisarlmaae TO the little place noar
Hodgenvilie. With PATRIOTS addrcn-
Hea tho Lincoln Farm association took
over the place and began the work of
raising the fuads with which 10 erect
the proper memorial nlll the assoc
cirsion took Il over the farm hsd only
changed twice previously. II hRd
taktn Robert J. Collier four years 20
clear Lncosns birthplace OF all legal
acknowledgements ana litigation.
About nvs years after Abraham
Lincoln was born his father sold the
farms 10 nelghhor named crenl.
whose family kept Il for nearly sew
enly years. Then Il Waa bought BY A.
A. Donneit of New York. with the
Pufponr Of turning Il Into some sort
Of national park
While The farm was In possession Of
thc Cfeal lamily, the old cabin IN
wiilcir Lincoln waa horn was carried
~ the Davenport farm, a mite ana a
huif nearer Hodsenvliie. The Dav-
enports used Il as spring houre. Hat
ne owner save II 70 Mr., bennett and
u vas placed on lsA osiglasl site IN
1856.
MIR. Denneti's rellsious procilsities
led himslo turn over the farm 20 the
8eV. .. w. bingham. a Methodist
evangelist from Florida. whose pur.
pose Il was to make Tho farm . place
for summer camp mectlnsn. Hr was
iisuaaad from doing this but took the
did cabin 10 pieces and. setflpe Il up
again. exhibited q ~ oyer the coun-
toy totsef The Fnoney 20 carry on hIN
evannollntlc work. "a Was fineily put
way an q storage warehouse ~ LONG
island city. n. Y,
4 During tlila Tins no steps WIRE taken
% turn tha farm into park, Fnr a