Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-09
Memorial Hall to
Abraham Lincoln.

Hoapopeille Ky Ne* fhe Me
mortal haIi to Abraham Lincoln. cree
ted on the old Lincoln Farm, VIII he
dedicated. next Thursday. in the pres
euce Of President raft chief Justice
Edward Douglass White, OF the SUI
preme Court III the United States the
Governors OF several states, senator's,
Congressman and men prominent in
literature and in plhlireIife.
ihe imposing building q granite.
which is to figure IA tile eXercia-s, en-.
slfines The humble log cabin IL watch
Abraham Lincoln was born la2 year
ago The Lincoln Farm Association
VIII mrn over the Farm, the Memuria,
Ruilding. which has been erected al
4 cost Of $4,000. and SD. 600, for main
tenanee, 10 the Federal Government
and il win be formally received by The
President
Ghiseled into the granite on ane
side of the building is the following
inscription
Here. over the log cabin whore Alb
ra1am Lincoln was born. destined Il
preserve the Union and Ere. the slave.
grateful people have dedicnred this
memorial te unity, peace and brother
hood among these states"
When tie Memorial Farm and tie
building are accepted by President
taft the entire military establishment
of Kentucky. several regiments Of the
regular arng of the United states ana
many encampments Of the Grand Ar
my of the Republic and Of the Con
federate Veterans VIII salute. More
than d score Of special trains will be
run from Louisville TO ehrry the thou
SO nds who viii be present.
The Lincoln Farm Association, IN
der the auspices of which the work OF
erecting The memorial has been dom
is composed of some OF the most
prominent men in The country. The
president is former Governor Joseph
w Folk of Missouri. pc other Off
GERS are Clarence II. Maekey, treasm
er; Charles r Miner assistant treas
urer; Richard NJ. Jonee. secretary and
Robert ]. Collier. chairman of lie eX-
ecutive committee.
The members of the Board OF Trus-
tees are President Taft. Cardinal Glib
bons, Gen. Horace Porter Joseph
Choate. Oscar $. Strauss, Governor
Augustus Z. Wilson Of Kentucky. Su-
pFeme Court Justice Charles L.
Hughes. Lyman j. Cage. Miss Ida
Tartell. Col. Henry Watterson. Au-
gust Belmont, Jenkin Lloyd Jones.
William Jennings BRYAN, Charles A.
Towne, Thomas Hastings. Samuel
Gempers. Norman .Hapgood, William
TraVers Jerome. Robert ]. Cdlier. Al
bert Shaw and Charles f Miner
The late Mark Twain was a member
of The board as was the late Edward
NJ shepard.
The Memorial Building stands on p
llittle hill, At the foot Of which is the
lspring which ATTRACTED Thomas Lin
coin and Nancy Hanks. Lincoln's ia
ther and mother, aud caused them 10
| settle there 1t was on the site of the
present building that the newly we'd
ded paid built a crude cabin o1 rough
unheWn logs iii the center of tive 10
acres Of poor hand This cabin was
Just like the other cabins on the from
tier al that time. II had only one
room, with a small loft, a big outside
chimney and a huge fireplace. rough
door which swung, on leather hinges
and. when they moved into it, not .
single window
The farm and the old cabin were not
set aside to form patriotic shrine
until the centenary of the birth of the
Great Emancipator TWO years ago. ON
mat daY prominent men and women
from all over the land, made pill
grlmage 10 the little place near Hold
genville With patriotic addresses
the Lincoln Farm Association look
over the place and began the work OF
raising the funds from which to erect
the proper memorial Until the Asso-
citation took il over the title Of the
farm had only changed twice previ-
ously II had taken Robert j. Collier
four years 10 clear Lincoln's birth
place OF all legal entanglements and
litigation