Show old salem sal em lives IN N HIS long amazing journey from the backwoods 0 of kentucky to the white house and enduring glory abraham lincoln paused for a while on i a hilltop beside the muddy sangamon there in the log ing village of new salem he passed six youthful years learning gathering experience and strength building the character that was to nuke make for him a place among the worlds HOI id s immortals new salem S ilera failed to prosper eventually it was abandoned its log stores and houses decayed and disappeared except that lincoln pissed passed that way few would remember that such a town tova had been because lie did pass that way and because be the years scars he dwelt there left ip i gl wm M N 14 V 4 lincoln museum at old salem their impress upon MB his mind and heart new salem old salem now will never neier be forgotten its dozen has become old salem state park through the efforts of many devoted admirers of lincoln be beginning inning 25 5 years ago with the purchase of the tow townsite ansite te and its presentation to the old salem Lin lincoln colin league the town will stand forever looking almost as it looked when alred there millions ons visiting it in years to come seeing where lincoln lived and how bow lie he urd will unde understand estand at once once the simplicity and the me instant grasp of r real al itlen that distinguished his thinking throughout hla his life ike |