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In the variety of displays on the tour,
there are many depictions of Lincoln's
life, some through authentic artifacts
and period-style art. But there are also
touches of drama through uniquely
designed displays such as the pocket
watch room. The watch is much larger
than life and is meant to draw atten-
tion to Lincoln's years in New Salem
through a unique "touch and learn."
But in addition, the clock leads visi-
tors to recall that in the tour, they are
walking with Lincoln down memory
lane. As his breathing becomes shallow,
his body falls weak, and his life is about
to pass from this world to the next, his
mind may have traveled through the
long list of friends he had made, the
lives that touched him and whom he
touched, and the memories of his suc-
cesses and failures.
But perhaps the one thing that never
entered his thoughts was that he would
in his mortality become the most
beloved president in our history. He
couldn't know that he would touch
lives and move people to tears in 2014.
He didn't know that in this generation,
a child would thank him for the fact
that cousins in Georgia live free.
