Young Abe Lincoln

Since 1967, the library where I work has been the proud owners of an Anna Hyatt Huntington statue of young Abe Lincoln, sitting on a horse and reading a book. As you can imagine, the years have not been kind to Abe, out in all kinds of weather. Over the past 5 years or so, we have done a major renovation of our library, and so it was just time to do something for old Abe as well.

Our Friends of the Library group, which funds all sorts of things that simply aren't in the library's budget, recently paid for a major renovation of the statue. Abe went from this:

to this:
over the course of the spring. The statue was reinstalled a couple of weeks ago, and last Saturday was the rededication ceremony. It was a beautiful day, and we got a nice turn out for the ceremony.

Why am I telling you about Abe this morning? Partly because my dh works hard for the Friends group, running the book sale every year, and he was involved in recommending the conservator, and I am really proud of him for putting this project together for the library and the town. And partly because I am hoping to distract you all from the lack of knitting and crocheting content again this week! Never fear, though! I am still making afghan squares and will be back with pictures later in the week. And besides, does it get more American than Abraham Lincoln? This just seemed like an appropriate post as we get ready to celebrate Amerca's birthday tomorrow.

So here's wishing everyone a safe and happy 4th of July!