It was a grand old place: a green pasture for Chicago politicos whose mojo was running low, an entertainment center for bored schoolkids, a picture postcard destination for tourists. I remember the good-old Disney-intensive ALPLM.But now it has a rival: Ford's Theatre.
The Ford's Theatre Center for Education and Leadership opens to the public Sunday, the 203rd anniversary of Lincoln's birth. The new center built in a 10-story former office building is part of a $60 million project to create a four-part campus for visitors to learn about the 16th president in the nation's capital.And who has been building this Lincoln museum in our nation's capital? None other than "Richard Norton Smith, who helped plan the new center."
If you are a reader from the earliest days of this blog you will know how much we appreciate having Richard Norton Smith back in Civil War news. He was the ALPLM's first honcho.
I remember, too, his immortal words: "It's not just our history, it's your history."
Yeah, he's talking to you. Over there in the corner. You know who you are.
