Scott Christiansen Abraham Lincoln and Manufacturing….
Add comment September 27th, 2009
Today was a great day in Rockford when the Lincoln Bicentennial Commission of Winnebago County unveiled “Iron Determination” a Lincoln Sculpture by John W. McClarey and cast by a local craftsman (Adams) in nearby Mt. Morris, IL. Christiansen says this bust, in the Courthouse Square, is our connection to Lincoln and the powerful things he did while in office as our 16th President. Today was full of history about the times Lincoln was in our region and how he loved the Rock River Valley but more than that how he is the only President to hold a patent for his own invention. The Honorable Scott HÂ Christiansen so cleverly wove his comments to include our rich manufacturing history and to speak of how rich it will be in the future. I hope someone makes his comments available past today as they were excellent! In the meantime slip downtown and be inspired by this man who, years after his death, points us to the future and the success it can hold.
