Oak Park Cemetary, the home of Abraham Lincoln's tomb, was our next stop. Legend says that rubbing the nose of Lincoln's statue in front of the tomb will bring you good luck. As you can see in the inset of center photo, the nose has been rubbed so many times that it's shiny. We all rubbed it... time will tell if our luck turns out to be good.

The next stop was New Salem, located about 20 minutes from Springfield. Lincoln spent time in New Salem in the 1830's prior to moving to Springfield. There's a nice visitor's center that shows a movie on the life of Abraham Lincoln, and there's a restored village that shows how life would've been during Lincoln's time in New Salem.  Oh yes, there's also a McDonald's on-site... what a country!
 

Hagen posed for another "photo op". This statue of Young Abe Lincoln is on Merchant Street.  It's near the spot where Abe is said to have given his very first political speech.