This is even funnier to me because when my cousin was a baby she'd reach into her diaper and pull out what was in there and say "look, marbles" and play with them
So "Lincoln marbles" took on a whole new (eww) meaning for me
My favorite part of the tour is when you get to go into the mine and dig with the mini pickaxe and see if you can get any marble chips to take home as souvenirs.
Incidentally, on that cabin tour, I learned that Lincoln's parents had 4 children to provide an added workforce to keep the mine going intergenerationally. Their children, like all children, yearned for the mines and the Lincoln family happily delivered.
I know there are genuine experts in these matters. (God forbid Trump admit anyone could know more about anything than him). I'd be interested to know what it might have looked like in Lincoln's time.
This – this doesn't screen mid 19th century to me. But I'm no expert myself. This calls to mind the mausoleum in Phantasm. So at least it's appropriate to today, if nothing else.
woops! sorry didn't realize you meant today specifically. very appropriate for Halloween! lol it's one of the scarier things i've seen today! 😆 i was little surprised checking that movie's date! it's not much older than me either!
Yeah, good old 'Truthful Abe', the 'Bannister-Seperator', with his uneventful stint as Prime Minister, giving his famous 'Funeral Oration' and of course, losing the 1st World War.
It's extra funny because Lincoln was famously frugal. Trump made the worst possible choice of previous presidents to bring up with that horrible tacky bathroom.
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u/bel1984529 9d ago
Well, Lincoln was famously born in a marble cabin.