WASHINGTON -- Shortly before noon Friday, Dr. Francis Collins, a former director of the National Institutes of Health, stood on the steps below the Lincoln Memorial tuning his ... often carried a ...

Additional steel was added under the floor of the memorial to prepare for the statue of Lincoln to be placed. Truly a labor of American love that Lincoln himself would’ve appreciated ...

Nathan Koble is spearheading the project and is donating the memorial to the community. Koble also is writing a children's book about Lincoln's visit to Girard Station and other local history.