I have toured the Soldiers Home, it is quite inpressive, they have a zoo there with some strange aminals.

I stood on the spot where Lincoln debated Douglas,gave me chills. In your city I visited Lincoln's home and church and the rail station where he left for Washington. I was really intrested in what you and Jamie were saying about his tomb, I was there and if I remember right, there was something about two tons of concrete so no grave robbers could get to it. I don't remember any tour guides, if they were there then, they stayed out of the way.

My son has been in Quincy 21 years. Said the winters still get to him. All us Rebs have thin blood. All my grandsons are born Yankees, so I love Yankees. But I learned right quick there is a difference between a Yankee and a midwesterner. In one of my great grandfathers letters home he wrote his wife that "this time we were up against midwesterners and those farm boys sure know how to shoot."