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National Park Service
Part 2
Lincoln Highway
Special Resource Study
Overall
August 27, 2004
Moving along...
While I have always supported,
Henry B. Joy,
said it best in 1914.
"The Lincoln Highway
"An enduring and useful memorial
The Universal approval expressed on all sides is
It is unique in th annals of
The endorsement is unanimous!!
Could there be a greater tribute??
The evolution of this memorial has begun.
No cenotaph could so much
To aid in advancing the evolution
It is a work to which all can lend aid
The Work of
Needless to say,
From the very beginning,
On one hand,
As a result,
In addition,
In addition,
Perhaps the best example
On the one hand,
Bessie asks June a friend of Jane's
"What is the Keynote,
The Answer...
"Enterprise...
There is nothing American's
"Now men would hesitate
"And there dreams
"It took a Pioneer to do that!!"
"And that is the
I wish we'd stop worrying and go to work!!
Then Bessie says,
"Stop worrying and go to work..."
To which Jane replies...
"I think that 's perfect."
"I think work is the greatest thing in the world."
"I love to work!!"
To actually listen to the interview...
anything that advances
"The Evolution of the Lincoln Way"
it is very important that
"The True Meaning and Significance"
of
The Lincoln Highway
be at the core of any effort.
First President of the
Lincoln Highway Association...
is on the Map."
has been created to
The Greatest American."
tribute to the memory of a man
beloved by the people.
American History
that a proposal of a national memorial
should not even be debated
as to its propriety or its fitness.
In loving tribute it will be carried,
as time passes,
to its ultimate ideal.
through the years strengthen patriotism
and bring closer to us all the great principles
of public service which Lincoln so ably
illuminated by his life's work.
of the Lincoln Way,
either by gift of effort,
is to serve the nation as a whole.
and derive benefit in return and
experience the golden satisfaction
of duty well done."
"broadening, straightening,
maintaining and beautifying
memorial road"
will be a labor of love
by a patriotic people.
it just doesn't get
any better than this!!
I've had mixed emotions about
The Lincoln Highway Study Act.
it brought national attention to
The Lincoln Highway,
but on the other,
it was obvious to me
that many involved
DID NOT
have a clear understanding of
The Lincoln Highway
and thus it actually muddied the water
and brought more harm than good
for projects such as
The Lincoln Highway Comes of Age.
many have placed false hopes
that the NPS Study would,
"Magically Solve All The Problems"
and instead of taking the lead,
they let the responsibility shift to others
perhaps less qualified,
and hesitated to
move forward taking a
"Wait and See Attitude"
while missing important
"Once in a Lifetime Opportunities."
it is OBVIOUS to me
The National Park Service
HAS COMPLETELY MISSED THE POINT
and only sees
The Lincoln Highway
as a
"Highway"
with an assorted combination
of bricks and mortar
and interpretive sites
thrown in for good measure.
others see it as a resource
to be exploited for commercial gain
when in fact
The Lincoln Highway
represents
"The Heart and Soul of America".
of these two extremes
can be characterized
right in Galion, Ohio.
"The Lincoln Highway Comes of Age"
represents the true
"Spirit of America"
as articulated in this 1947 interview
by Bessie Beaty and June Rhodes
with Jane Fisher about her husband
"The Fabulous Hoosier".
who recently read the book...
the most American thing about it??"
could not do if they wanted to,
the tradition of
AMERICA
is in that book."
to do that sort of fabulous thing,
but then all those big men
were doing that sort of thing..."
are the things we are
realizing today."
"Spirit of America"
that seems to be just a little bit down now."