Bill Williams isn't just paying lip service in his dedication to Abraham Lincoln.
"He's probably the best president we ever had, the greatest president we ever had," Williams said.
The basement of Williams's home is its own Land of Lincoln, filled with mementoes that have accumulated over nearly six-decades of collecting. It started when Williams grandmother gave him an actual newspaper from 1865 chronicling Lincoln's assassination at Ford's Theater in Washington.
"It was five days after Lincoln was shot because it was in California, so it made it kind of a rare piece," Williams said.
Other rare pieces include a replica of the chair Lincoln was sitting in when he was shot. Williams has even converted the guest room into his own version of the Lincoln bedroom.
"Lots of our friends have stayed in that room. We always get a positive reaction," Lincoln said.
Instead of a night cap, you can put on a stovepipe hat similar to what Lincoln wore.
"This is an 1851 beaver hat of the times," Lincoln said.
There's even a porcelain mold of Lincoln's hand; a replica of the firm grip that held our country together during the Civil War.
Williams plans to keep adding to his Lincoln memorabilia; a collection that could very well spill-over into the rest of his home. A house, not divided, but devoted to his favorite president.
"His honesty and the way he could articulate and speak, it seemed to bring people together," Williams said.
Other items in Williams' collection include bullets from the Gettysburg battlefield, and a piece of jewelry worn during the filming of the movie, "Gone With The Wind."
