"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count.
It's the life in your years"
~Abraham Lincoln~
8 Miles Today; With last night's snow (1inch) I waited until daylight to walk. I'm glad I did. My route took about fifteen minutes longer than normal. My hips and left ankle were extremely tender upon arrival at home.. Dry roads are so important to me. One can dress for the weather but has no control over the surface you're walking on. With that out of the way, lets fast forward to my latest stop over on my virtual journey of Route 66. Just on day removed from "President's Holiday" Forrest finds himself in the town of Lincoln, Illinois. Lincoln was the first city named after Abraham Lincoln while he was a successful lawyer long before he became our 16th President of the United States. Today Lincoln has a population of approximately 16,000. In the glory days of the famous highway. Lincoln's main street was Route 66. Lincoln is centrally located in the State of Illinois. The town was officially named on August 27, 1853 in an unusual ceremony. Then lawyer Abraham Lincoln having assisted in planning of the new town and working as counsel for the newly laid railroad which let to its founding, was asked to participate in the naming ceremony for the grounds. During the proceedings, Lincoln chose a ripe watermelon from a nearby wagon, broke it open and squeezed the juice on the grounds as a informal of rite of baptism. Seven years later in the fall of 1860, the former lawyer from Illinois became "President Elect Abraham Lincoln. Until tomorrow from somewhere on America's Mainstreet, God Bless Walk Forrest Walk
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