As most of you know the evening Abraham Lincoln was shot he was attending a play at Ford’s theater with his wife Mary. Immediately before the assassin’s bullet entered his brain, Lincoln told Mary that after the war, “We will not return to Springfield. We will go abroad among strangers where I can rest. We will visit the Holy Land.”
After the assassination Abe was taken directly to Springfield for burial. No trip to the Holy Land for Abe. Spain is not the Holy Land and Santiago is not Jerusalem but I decided to bring Abe with me on my journey. After all he did for our country, I thought that it is the least I could do for him. Besides, I think he will be good company.
Abe has agreed to cover my back as we walk the Camino.
AbeAndMarkontheCamino 
We’re in the hell did you get the idea to take Abe with you?
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I am from Springfield, Illinois and have always been a big Lincoln fan. He wasn’t able to go to the Holy Land like he had hoped so I thought I would take him along with me on this pilgrimage. I think he will be good company.
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Abe wanted to go to the Holy Land and then got assainated. I thought he might like to go on pilgrimage.
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