Word: hagan
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...renovation plans quickly became a hot issue in Lincoln-conscious Springfield. Although the house had been painted white as far back as anyone could remember, there now appeared a vocal group of citizens headed by Archeologist Richard Hagan who argued that when Lincoln lived in it the house was brown...
Caught in a spirited crossfire of editorial criticism and scholarly sniping, State Parks Director Ray Hubbs called on members of Governor Adlai Stevenson's Lincoln Advisory Committee to settle the issue. When committee members assembled on the Lincoln lawn, they were confronted by Archeologist Hagan and Miss Virginia Stuart Brown, custodian of the house and a leader of the "leave-it-white" faction. Mr. Hagan was armed with a small piece of Lincoln house board which he had scraped down to a basic color described as "hound-dog yellow." Miss Brown, distressed at the prospect of a hound...
...Hagan: "Now here's a board I scraped...
...Hagan: "It doesn't have any white paint...
...Hagan: "The only proof of white paint is from people born after 1890 who talked to people born before...