BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- What if you had the chance to meet Abraham Lincoln?
Sunday marks the 16th president's 203rd birthday and the David Davis Mansion in Bloomington will be celebrating by offering free tours.
Two of the tour guides will be Lincoln impersonator Gary Simpkins and his wife Carol, who portrays Mrs. Lincoln, who will tell stories about Lincoln's many visits to the historic mansion.
"They'll be greeted by President Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln and they will be relating some of the amusing stories that they have about life on the Circuit, life in central Illinois when they knew David Davis," said Marcia Young, site manager of the David Davis Mansion.
"After that visitors will come up to the mansion and they'll be taken through the house by various characters who actually were here, living in the mansion after Lincoln's death and they'll be reminiscing," add Young.
Tours start Sunday at noon and run through 4 pm. They'll even be serving birthday cake.
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