Lincoln Pilgrimage - Day 2

This morning we woke up early so we could head on over to the Old State Capitol building for the first day of issue of the four-stamp Lincoln bicentennial set, just released today by the United States Postal Service.  On our way from the parking structure to the Capitol building, we passed by Pease's Candy and Nut store, and saw this cool Lincoln jellybean portrait!
There is a festive mood around Springfield, but still not nearly as many tourists as I thought there would be this week!
Many dignitaries were on hand for the unveiling of the new Lincoln stamps, including the US Postmaster General and Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois.
Our friend that we met up with yesterday, Richard, was there, too (far right).  Here, my father-in-law Eric speaks to US Postmaster General Jack Potter.
Just down the street from the Old State Capitol is Springfield's Union Station.  This was the train station that Lincoln's funeral train pulled into in May 1865.
We then visited the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum--one of the coolest museums I have ever been to.  It's very high-tech!!
We saw lots of great stuff inside the Abraham Lincoln Museum, but photography was not allowed in most of the museum.  I was able to pose with this wax figure of Sojourner Truth.  You'll learn about Sojourner Truth later this week!  That's all for now . . . more to come later!

RVI