#Springfield Museums

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Statue of Dr. Seuss with the Cat in the Hat at the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden in Springfield, Massachusetts. They're immortalized in a bronze, life-size statue designed by Geisel's step-daughter, sculptor Lark Grey Dimond-Cates.

There are other pieces in the collection, here are two more.

[samimarkart]

Stopped in to visit the shop at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield which recently started stocking my items. Definitely check it out if you’re local!

[fictionadventurer]

NaPoWriMo #19: A poem recounting a historical event

To a Man Commenting Upon Lincoln's Homely Features

Abraham Lincoln knew quite well He had never been beauty-graced. When Douglas met him in debate And told him he was quite two-faced, Old Lincoln made a quick reply With his usual sense of fun: "If I'd another face to wear, Do you think I would wear this one?"

[michael-massa-micon]

Lincoln Museum - July 2024 The Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum is located in Springfield, Illinois. It is impressive and informative. As you enter, lifelike figures of the Lincoln family are there to greet you. You can also take selfies with the statues. There are two very impressive presentations which make use of modern technology to create ghost images which interact with live actors. Unfortunately they do not allow any form of pictures or videos during the presentations. The rest of the museum presents aspects of Lincoln’s life and times with everything from a depiction of a slave auction to Mary Todd Lincoln being dressed for an inaugural ball by her maid servant. MWM

[silkdamask-blog]

Good morning, kind readers 🌞🌞🌞 Portrait bust of Madame Chauvire by #Pigalle in terra-cotta #beauty Springfield Museums, MA

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Adolphe Jourdan (French, 1825-1889) Le Papillon, n.d. Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield

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Model 1861 Breech Loading Converted Springfield Rifle from the United States of America dated to the 19th Century on display at the Black Watch Castle and Museum in Perth, Scotland

This rifle was captured from the Arab Auxiliary Force by the 2nd Battalion The Black Watch at Sanai in Mesopotamia, 1917. The rifle is a breech-loading Springfield Model 1861. This type of rifle was used by the US Army during the American Civil War, 1861 - 1865. Large quantities of these surplus rifles were sold to the Ottoman Empire in 1869 and were still in use by auxiliary units during the First World War.

Photographs taken by myself 2024

[kewilson9]

Last stop in Missouri- killing a few hours in Springfield. Found a spot for Missouri bbq and then checked out the original and headquarters for Bass Pro Shop across the street. Had a whole mini museum dedicated to historic guns inside. Unexpected, but pretty interesting nonetheless.

[blondebrainpowered]

Abraham Lincoln's gold watch with a hidden message, 1858

Lincoln’s English gold watch was purchased in the 1850s from George Chatterton, a Springfield, Illinois, jeweler. Lincoln was not considered to be outwardly vain, but the fine gold watch was a conspicuous symbol of his success as a lawyer.

The watch movement and case, as was often typical of the time, were produced separately. The movement was made in Liverpool, where a large watch industry manufactured watches of all grades. An unidentified American shop made the case. The Lincoln watch has one of the best grade movements made in England and can, if in good order, keep time to within a few seconds a day. The 18K case is of the best quality made in the US.

A Hidden Message:

Just as news reached Washington that Confederate forces had fired on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, watchmaker Jonathan Dillon was repairing Abraham Lincoln's timepiece. Caught up in the moment, Dillon unscrewed the dial and engraved: "April 13, 1861 Fort Sumpter was attacked by the rebels on the above date J Dillon April 13, 1861 Washington" and "thank God we have a government Jonth Dillon".

In 1864 a second watchmaker, L. E. Gross, signed his name. Also, at some point someone etched "Jeff Davis" inside the watch, either as a joke or a statement of support for the Confederacy.

Lincoln never knew about the messages he carried in his watch. The inscription remained hidden behind the dial for over a century. After hearing from Jonathan Dillon's great-great-grandson, the Museum removed the dial on March 10, 2009, to reveal the watchmakers' declarations.

Gift of Lincoln Isham, great-grandson of Abraham Lincoln, 1958

Now in National Museum of American History

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P-51 Mustang…”Mike George of the Air Combat Museum in Springfield, IL flying his P-51D Mustang 'Worrybird', painted to represent a 339th Fighter Group” Credit: John Dibbles #avgeeks #AviationHistory #aviation

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The Angel

Museum of Fine Arts

Springfield MA 9/7/24

[beardedmrbean]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the FBI and other agencies.

The messages, sent anonymously, were reported in several states, including New York, Alabama, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. They generally used a similar tone but varied in wording.

Some instructed the recipient to show up at an address at a particular time “with your belongings,” while others didn't include a location. Some of them mentioned the incoming presidential administration.

It wasn't yet clear who was behind the messages and there was no comprehensive list of where they were sent, but high school and college students were among the recipients.

The FBI said it was in touch with the Justice Department on the messages, and the Federal Communications Commission said it was investigating the texts “alongside federal and state law enforcement.” The Ohio Attorney General's office also said it was looking into the matter.

Tasha Dunham of Lodi, California, said her 16-year-old daughter showed her one of the messages Wednesday evening before her basketball practice.

The text not only used her daughter's name, but it directed her to report to a “plantation” in North Carolina, where Dunham said they’ve never lived. When they looked up the address, it was the location of a museum.

“It was very disturbing,” Dunham said. “Everybody’s just trying to figure out what does this all mean for me? So, I definitely had a lot of fear and concern.”

Her daughter initially thought it was a prank, but emotions are high following Tuesday’s presidential election. Dunham and her family thought it could be more nefarious and reported it to local law enforcement.

“I wasn’t in slavery. My mother wasn't in slavery. But we’re a couple of generations away. So, when you think about how brutal and awful slavery was for our people, it’s awful and concerning,” Dunham said.

About six middle school students in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, received the messages too, said Megan Shafer, acting superintendent of the Lower Merion School District.

“The racist nature of these text messages is extremely disturbing, made even more so by the fact that children have been targeted,” she wrote in a letter to parents.

Students at some major universities, including Clemson in South Carolina and the University of Alabama, said they received the messages. The Clemson Police Department said in a statement that it had been notified of the “deplorable racially motivated text and email messages” and encouraged anyone who received one to report it.

Fisk University, a historically Black university in Nashville, Tennessee, issued a statement calling the messages that targeted some of its students “deeply unsettling.” It urged calm and assured students that the texts likely were from bots or malicious actors with “no real intentions or credibility.”

Missouri NAACP President Nimrod Chapel said Black students who are members of the organization's Missouri State University chapter received texts citing Trump’s win and calling them out by name as being “selected to pick cotton” next Tuesday. Chapel said police in the southeastern Missouri city of Springfield, home of the university, have been notified.

“It points to a well-organized and resourced group that has decided to target Americans on our home soil based on the color of our skin,” Chapel said in a statement.

Nick Ludlum, a senior vice president for the wireless industry trade group CTIA, said: “Wireless providers are aware of these threatening spam messages and are aggressively working to block them and the numbers that they are coming from.”

David Brody, director of the Digital Justice Initiative at The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said that they aren’t sure who is behind the messages but estimated they had been sent to more than 10 states, including most Southern states, Maryland, Oklahoma and even the District of Columbia. The district's Metropolitan Police force said in a statement that its intelligence unit was investigating the origins of the message.

Brody said a number of civil rights laws can be applied to hate-related incidents. The leaders of several other civil rights organizations condemned the messages, including Margaret Huang, president and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center, who said, “Hate speech has no place in the South or our nation.”

“The threat — and the mention of slavery in 2024 — is not only deeply disturbing, but perpetuates a legacy of evil that dates back to before the Jim Crow era, and now seeks to prevent Black Americans from enjoying the same freedom to pursue life, liberty, and happiness,” said NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson. “These actions are not normal. And we refuse to let them be normalized.”

[michael-massa-micon]

Casts of Lincoln’s Head - July 2024 The Lincoln Museum in Springfield has many interesting displays. One which really caught my attention was the two casts of Abraham Lincoln’s face. The first was made by Leonard Volk in 1860 when Lincoln had just been nominated to run for President. The second was made by Clark Mills in February 1865, just a few months before the assassination. Those four years greatly aged Lincoln and it shows on his face. MWM

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Prowly loves getting postcards of his creepy idols!

[ID: Prowly the Halloween Owl is seated next to a postcard, partly propping it up; the postcard depicts a sculpture of the Grinch and his dog Max, from the outdoor sculpture garden of the Dr. Seuss Museum, part of the Springfield Museums complex in Massachusetts. He looks awed by the Grinch.]