Forward Janesville - TheReport - Spring 2016

With 2016 being an election year, politics on a national, state and local levels are on the forefront of our minds. Over the next few months, leading up to November, political parties, issues, and personalities will dominate the headlines, but from a historians perspective, it is always fun to look back at the stories of when political icons visited Janesville. Roosevelt, Kennedy, Nixon. The list goes on. The visit we remember the most fondly wasn't even during an election year. In Janesville, we have always hung our Stovepipe hat on Abraham Lincoln's visit with the Tallmans. After all, it was William Tallman that convinced the future 16th President to stay in town to speak to the local Republican Party. Lincoln was taken enough by the Tallman's hospitality that he helped one of their son's, Edgar Tallman get a job in the War Department during the Civil War. A candlestick made from a broken pedestal openwork bowl from the Presidential china set graces the center table in the guest bedroom. The purple color was called solferino, developed in 1959 and one of Mrs. Lincoln’s favorite colors.This rare artifact and other Lincoln art, adorns the walls and tables in the Lincoln-Tallman House, a clear sign of the Tallman's admiration of Lincoln. More importantly than his 48-hour stay, however, were the thoughts and words of Lincoln and how those have resonated with issues affecting Janesville today. The Lincoln-Tallman House, which is cared for by the Historical Society, seeks to make these larger themes relevant to today and focus less on the fact that Lincoln passed through. It is this concept that makes history a tool for change. Axley Brynelson, LLP Bryan Whitehead 2 E. Mifflin St., Suite 200 Madison, WI 53701-1767 Phone: 608.283.6719 www.axley.com Attorney Community Solutions of WI LLC Kenneth Denio 1900 Center Avenue Janesville, WI 53546 608.741.3685 Social Services Agency Dove Chocolate Discoveries Sue Sexe 2316 Mineral Point Avenue, Suite 102 608.563.5464 www.mydcdsite.com/sexe Direct Sales Festival Foods Brian Stenzel 2233 Humes Road Janesville, WI 53545 Phone: 884.425.4198 www.festfoods.com Grocery Store Hand-In-Hand, Inc. K. Andreah Briarmoon P.O. Box 8282 Janesville, WI 54547-8282 608.295.3110 www.fourthward.org Neighborhood Revitalization Association Impact Confections, Inc. Jeffrey Rome 4017 Whitney Street Janesville, WI 53546 608.208.1100 www.impactconfections.com Confectioner Klean Fitness, LLC Jon Dean 535 S. Pearl St., Suite 100 Janesville, WI 53548 Phone: 608.346.3945 E-mail: kleanlifestyle@yahoo.com Fitness & Personal Training M & M Office Interiors, Inc. Timothy Rudd 8720 Montclair Drive Middleton, WI 53562 Phone: 608.836.4466 www.mmoffice.com Full Service, Innovative Office Solutions MDA Tub Run Rebecca Hildebrandt 330 S. Executive Drive, 100A Brookfield, WI 53005 608.963.3896 www.mdatubrun.org Charitable Association Property Revival Realty Brian Lawton 12 S. Pontiac Drive Janesville, WI 53545 Phone: 608.563.2272 www.propertyrevival.com Real Estate, Remodeling & Design Revels Consulting, LLC Jennifer Revels 757 St. Johns Avenue Milton, WI 53563 Phone: 608.295.2293 www.revelsconsulting.com Human Resources Consulting; Career Coaching; Event, Travel & Concierge Services S & H Estate Sales & Service, LLC Melissa Hubbard P.O. Box 702 Janesville, WI 53547-0702 Phone: 608. 957.7027 www.shestatesalesandservice@ gmail.com Estate Sales & Organizational Services FJI • NEW MEMBERS 20 • W W W . F O R W A R D J A N E S V I L L E . C O M A look back remember When Mike Reuter - Executive Director, Rock County Historical Society Council of War sculpture in the Lincoln- Tallman House, 1868. Lincoln Presidential China Bowl, turned into a Candlestick, 1860. A Piece of Abe