Part 1
We took Jo’s sister Arla with us on a day trip to nearby Galesburg IL to look in antique stores, but only one of the three in town was open. Fortunately, it was the largest one. None of us made a purchase, but it was nice to see the old downtown. An Illinois State Museum is there showing the home in which Carl Sandburg was born.
Here is the very small Sandburg home, perhaps 16 ft. by 20 ft. It was divided into 3 rooms: kitchen – dining in the back and parlor and bedroom in the front. Carl was the second child born here. By the time his next sibling arrived, the family had moved to a larger home. Next to this building is a museum with the story of his life as a poet, songwriter and journalist. His first few books of poetry were self-published.
Behind the home was a large back yard, containing the hand water pump (right) and the white necessary. The area originally was a garden and perhaps chickens were kept.
Carl Sandburg so admired the Rembrance Rock in the back of the home that he asked to be buried there. Both he and his wife were.
A walk around the rock is paved with stepping stones, and some have memorable lines from his poems. One was “The past is ashes.”
PART 2
My digital camera, a Canon A1100 IS, has a special setting for taking pictures of fireworks, so I gave it a try for the first time during the fireworks show at our RV park the Saturday before the 4th. Below are my best ones, about 40% of those I took. One has to be fast on the shutter button to get the display at its best.
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