Lincoln Among The Badgers by Steven K. Rogstad

Friday, January 22, 2021 through Friday, January 29, 2021. Read by Norman Gilliland.

Verbal and written historical accounts of the visits that Abraham and Mary Lincoln made to the Badger State. Lincoln entered the state’s borders for the first time in 1832 during his military service in the Black Hawk War, returning in 1859 to make speeches in Milwaukee, Beloit, and Janesville. Mary traveled toured northern Wisconsin and Racine in 1867, returning five years later to take advantage of the healing waters of Waukesha.

(Millhouse Press)

Theme: Antonin Dvorak, Serenade For Wind Instruments In D Minor, Op. 44: IV. Finale: Allegro Molto”