This case holds our most treasured exhibit: objects owned and used by
Jebediah [Springfield].
This is his fife, upon which he sounded the sweet note of freedom.
And his hatchet, with which he hacked at the chains of oppresions.
And his -- chamber pot.
-- Hollis Hurlbut, curator of Springfield Historical
Society, "Lisa the Iconoclast"
Out of the best and most productive years of each man's life he should
carve a segment in which he puts his private career aside to serve his
community and his country, and thereby serve his children, his neighbors,
his fellow men, and the cause of freedom....
