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1. LINCBH_081008_006.JPG: At 120 feet, this is said to be the tallest flagpole in Indiana. They were sanding it in preparation of a repainting job when I was there. The workmen said they had to use a bigger crane than they expected and that the flagpole had to be taller than 120 feet.
2. LINCBH_081008_018.JPG: You are facing the wooded knoll on which sleeps Nancy Hanks Lincoln mother of the President who lived in this Hoosier environment during the formative years of his life from 1816 to 1830. Beyond, to the north, is marked the site of the humble log cabin where she led him for a little while along the path to greatness. Indiana Lincoln Union
3. LINCBH_081008_022.JPG: Visitor center
4. LINCBH_081008_026.JPG: Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial: Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial represents an important expression of the nation's respect and reverence for Abraham Lincoln. The park includes the farm of Thomas Lincoln, Abraham's father; the marked gravesite of Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln; and the preserved site of one of the Lincoln cabins. A more recent addition is this Memorial Building, completed in 1943, which pays tribute to Lincoln's Indiana roots. The building features two memorial halls and five sculptured limestone panels that mark significant stages in the life of Abraham Lincoln. The building also serves as the park's Memorial Visitor Center and is a good place to begin your visit.
5. LINCBH_081008_037.JPG: KENTUCKY PANEL: 1809-1816. The Childhood Years of Lincoln. The Kentucky panel illustrates the years of Lincoln's life spent on the Sinking Spring and Knob Creek farms. On the far left dressed in the style of the frontier is Jesse LaFollette, grandfather of Wisconsin Senator Robert M. LaFollette and neighbor of the Lincolns at Knob Creek. Beside him stands Thomas Lincoln, father of the President. Seated is Dr. Christopher Columbus Graham, doctor, scientist, and visitor at the Lincoln home. His stories fascinated Abe, who is pictured here at the age of seven. Behind the boy is his mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Sarah, his only sister, stands at the chum. On the far right is Caleb Hazel, Lincoln's second schoolteacher.
6. LINCBH_081008_042.JPG: INDIANA PANEL: 1816-1830. The Boyhood Days of Lincoln. This panel depicts Lincoln as a youth, but fully grown and capable of doing a man's job. At the extreme left is James Gentry, wealthy farmer and merchant. Abe was a frequent visitor in his home. Next to him is Josiah Crawford. Lincoln worked for him three days to pay for a book he borrowed which was damaged by rain. Behind Abe, "The Railsplitter," holding a hewn log are Aaron Grigsby, husband of Lincoln's sister, and Dennis Hanks, his mother's cousin. To the right is James Gentry's son Allen who was Lincoln's companion on a trip down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. Beside him is Thomas Lincoln's second wife, Sarah Bush Lincoln.
7. LINCBH_081008_050.JPG: CENTRAL PANEL: "And Now He Belongs to the Ages." These historic words of the President's Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, are a reminder of the heritage left to the men and women of all time to come. The figures in the panel represent some of the people to whom Lincoln will forever belong-the farmer, the laborer, the family, the freedman. At the right of Lincoln stands Cleo, Muse of History, holding a scroll on which the deeds of the Emancipator are recorded. Beside her is Columbia offering the wreath of laurel, tribute of a nation to its leader. In the background a cabin and the White House serve as symbols of American opportunity.
8. LINCBH_081008_058.JPG: ILLINOIS PANEL: 1830-1861. The Years of Political Ascendancy. Here Lincoln is shown receiving congratulations from his friends and associates on his election to the United States House of Representatives in 1846. John Stuart, his first law partner, is on the left. Next is Stephen T. Logan, a later law partner. Grasping Lincoln's hand is his close friend, Joshua Speed, the merchant. Between Lincoln and Speed is William Herndon. To the right and behind the beardless Lincoln sits editor Simon Francis. The woman behind him is Mary Todd Lincoln, and the last figure is Lincoln's friend, Orville H. Browning, who served as United States Senator and in the cabinet of Andrew Johnson as Secretary of the Interior.
9. LINCBH_081008_065.JPG: WASHINGTON PANEL: 1861-1865. The Years of Command. In the Washington panel the sculptor has chosen Lincoln's career as Civil War President for his subject. The President is pictured with General Ulysses S. Grant at Grant's headquarters in Petersburg, Virginia, near the close of the war. The other figures are soldiers symbolic of the many brave men who made victory possible.
10. LINCBH_081008_105.JPG: A Resting Place: Death in a one-room log cabin was a grim experience for the survivors. Thomas and young Abraham whipsawed logs into planks, fastened the boards together with wooden pegs, and made a coffin. Nancy was taken to her final resting place on the hill just south of the family farm. Thomas probably followed the pioneer custom and placed fieldstones at the head and foot of the grave. He may have carved the letter NL into the headstone. Although the exact site of her grave is not known today, the area is noted with a marble marker in the Pioneer Cemetery in this park. Other citizens of the Little Pigeon Creek community are also buried here.
11. LINCBH_081008_119.JPG: A Resting Place: Death in a one-room log cabin was a grim experience for the survivors. Thomas and young Abraham whipsawed logs into planks, fastened the boards together with wooden pegs, and made a coffin. Nancy was taken to her final resting place on the hill just south of the family farm. Thomas probably followed the pioneer custom and placed fieldstones at the head and foot of the grave. He may have carved the letter NL into the headstone. Although the exact site of her grave is not known today, the area is noted with a marble marker in the Pioneer Cemetery in this park. Other citizens of the Little Pigeon Creek community are also buried here.
12. LINCBH_081008_122.JPG: More Tragedy: In 1828, Abraham experienced another devastating loss of a loved one. Nine months after her marriage, his sister, Sarah, announced that she was pregnant. But complications during childbirth claimed both her life and that of her infant. She was only 21. Their grave is not far from here in the cemetery of Little Pigeon Baptist Church. Abraham loved his sister very much, and her death was a heavy blow to him. As a neighbor said, "They were close companions and were a great deal alike." Sarah's kind and loving care of Abraham after their mother's death may have had much to do with his development of the same qualities of caring and compassion.
13. LINCBH_081008_131.JPG: Heart of the Home: These hearthstones were excavated in the 1930s from the cabin site memorialized on this property. The fireplace was the heart of the home, providing heat for cooking and comfort and light by which to read.
14. LINCBH_081008_143.JPG: Marking the Place: Following the departure of the Lincolns for Illinois in 1830, the land that Thomas had owned was sold several times and divided up. The cabin that he and Abraham had started in 1829 was finally completed by its new owner. It is unclear what happened to the cabin in future years, but, following Abraham's death in 1865, interest in his Indiana homesite was revived. Although no traces of the Lincoln cabin could be found, in 1917 a marker was placed on the reputed 1829 cabin site. In 1935, a bronze casting of the cabin sill logs and hearthstones was placed on the site as a memorial. Honoring His Mother: Like the family farm, the pioneer cemetery where Nancy Hanks Lincoln was buried is largely forgotten until after Abraham's death. Reports that the gravesite was unmarked led to the placement, in 1879, of the current marker. It was paid for by a donation from the Studebaker family. The State of Indiana assumed responsibility for the cemetery in 1907. The Nancy Hanks Lincoln Memorial Place was developed around it.
15. LINCBH_081008_146.JPG: A Fitting Tribute: In 1926, the Indiana Lincoln Union was formed to coordinate public interest and raise funds for a formal Lincoln memorial. Indiana citizens gave generously. Noted landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., designed the plaza and walkway extending to Nancy Hanks Lincoln's gravesite. The Civilian Conservation Corps assisted with construction and planted 40,000 native trees and shrubs. The plaza, with its towering flagpole, was dedicated in 1931. By 1943, the Trail of Twelve Stones, composed of bricks and materials gathered from sites associated with Lincoln's life, was in place. A National Park: The memorial design called for two buildings -- the Abraham Lincoln Hall and the Nancy Hanks Lincoln Hall -- connected by a semi-circular cloister. The exterior court featured five life-sized relief sculptures depicting events in the life of Lincoln. Local craftsmen used Indiana limestone and native timbers to construct the memorial, completed in 1943. The state of Indiana transferred ownership of the Nancy Hanks Lincoln Memorial to the National Park Service in June 1963. Today, the 200-acre Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial is a fitting tribute to the Lincoln family and Abraham Lincoln's 14 years in Indiana.
16. LINCBH_081008_150.JPG: Nancy Hanks Lincoln
17. LINCBH_081008_251.JPG: Nancy Hanks Lincoln marker
18. LINCBH_081008_258.JPG: Nancy Hanks Lincoln Grave: On October 5, 1818, Nancy Hanks Lincoln died of milk sickness. This mysterious and dread illness was feared by the pioneers because its cause was unknown. Mrs. Lincoln had nursed and comforted some of her neighbors with the disease until she too became ill and eventually died. This "Pioneer Cemetery" contains Mrs. Lincoln's gravesite as well as other marked and unmarked graves of area residents from the 19th and early 20th centuries. The white snakerook, a shade-loving plant found throughout the Ohio River Valley, contains a poison that causes milk silkness in humans. Cows that have eaten snakeroot can transfer the poison to humans through their milk. Not until the early 20th century was the poison discovered to be from snakeroot. Today, milk silkness is not a threat due to advancements in modern dairy practice. For many years after the Lincolns left Indiana, Nancy Hanks Lincoln's grave was unmarked. In 1879, this permanent marker was erected to honor the mother of our 16th president.
19. LINCBH_081008_272.JPG: (Trail of Twelve Stones -- 12) The twelfth stone is a block of granite, excess to the remodeling of the Lincoln Tomb at Springfield, Illinois. It is called the Culver Stone in honor of its donor, J.S. Culver, the contractor for the remodeling job, who had it carved as a memorial to Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln. The Culver Stone was originally placed in front of the Nancy Hanks Lincoln headstone in the cemetery here. Dedicated on October 1, 1902, the stone remained there until 1933 when it was moved to its present position to mark the end of the Trail of Twelve Stones.
20. LINCBH_081008_275.JPG: (Trail of Twelve Stones -- 11) The eleventh stone is a piece of an original porch pillar from the Peterson House in Washington, D.C., the house where Lincoln died. General U.S. Grant III donated the column section when he was in charge of the house. The pillar was cut from Seneca Creek sandstone quarried near Washington, D.C.
21. LINCBH_081008_280.JPG: (Trail of Twelve Stones -- 10) The tenth stone was part of the Old Capitol building in Washington, D.C. There, Lincoln made his second inaugural address on March 4, 1865. This well-known Lincoln speech included these words, "to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations."
22. LINCBH_081008_291.JPG: (Trail of Twelve Stones -- 9) The ninth stone came from the Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania where Lincoln delivered his famous address on November 19, 1863. This stone was a gift of the War Department.
23. LINCBH_081008_296.JPG: (Trail of Twelve Stones -- 8) The eighth stone is from the Anderson Cottage at the National Soldiers Home in Washington, D.C. where Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation in September of 1862.
24. LINCBH_081008_310.JPG: (Trail of Twelve Stones -- 7) The seventh stone is from the White House in Washington, D.C. Abraham Lincoln lived there as president from March 4, 1861 to April 15, 1865.
25. LINCBH_081008_320.JPG: (Trail of Twelve Stones -- 6) The sixth stone is comprised of four bricks set in concrete. The bricks were brought from Lexington, Kentucky, the home of Mary Todd, wife of Abraham Lincoln. The mayor of Lexington donated the bricks.
26. LINCBH_081008_325.JPG: (Trail of Twelve Stones -- 5) The fifth stone was a gift of the Illinois Department of Conservation from the foundation of the Berry-Lincoln store in New Salem, Illinois. In 1832, Lincoln bought a half-interest in the store and went into business with William Berry.
27. LINCBH_081008_331.JPG: (Trail of Twelve Stones -- 4) The fourth stone was part of the foundation of the Vincennes Sun Newspaper in Vincennes, Indiana, where Lincoln first viewed a printing press. The Lincoln family stopped in Vincennes during their move to Illinois in early March 1830.
28. LINCBH_081008_337.JPG: (Trail of Twelve Stones -- 3) The third stone comes from the foundation of the William Jones store where the teenaged Lincoln worked as a clerk. The store was located three miles west of here and seven tenths of a mile west of Gentryville, Indiana.
29. LINCBH_081008_342.JPG: Lincoln Boyhood Trails: There are three main trails in the park. Time and interest can help you decide which to explore. The Trail of Twelve Stones retraces the stages of Abraham Lincoln's life. Along the trail are stones from various places that were part of his life. Each stone has a plaque that describes its origin and association with Lincoln. The trail is part of a loop that includes the Lincoln Boyhood Trail. The Boyhood Nature Trail reflects the days when Indiana was a wilderness and home to the seven-year-old Abraham in 1816. The loop trail branches off from the Trail of Twelve Stones and is one mile long.
30. LINCBH_081008_343.JPG: (Trail of Twelve Stones -- 2) The second stone is the original Indiana cabin site marker that was donated by the citizens of Spencer County. This stone memorializes young Abraham's 14 boyhood years in Indiana.
31. LINCBH_081008_352.JPG: (Trail of Twelve Stones -- 1) The first stone originates from the traditional birthplace of Abraham Lincoln on the Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky, where he was born on Sunday, February 12, 1809.
32. LINCBH_081008_362.JPG: Cabin Site Memorial: In 1933, the Lincoln cabin site was excavated. Workmen uncovered the remains of sill logs and hearth stones and built the stone wall. Later, the bronze fireplace and sill log casting wore placed on the site to outline where the cabin stood. Some of the original hearthstones are now on display in the Memorial Visitor Center.
33. LINCBH_081008_364.JPG: Cabin Site Memorial
34. LINCBH_081008_392.JPG: Living Historical Farm
35. LINCBH_081008_498.JPG: They were fixing the siding
36. LINCBH_081008_505.JPG: The well was here
37. LINCBH_081008_516.JPG: Thomas Lincoln Farm: When Thomas Lincoln moved his family to Indiana in December 1816, this area was an unbroken wilderness. The forest was dense with massive trees and inhabited by wolves, bears, and panthers. The arrival of the Lincolns and other pioneers transformed the wilderness into a settled community. Land was cleared, cabins were built, and crops were planted.
38. LINCBH_081008_522.JPG: Thomas Lincoln Farm. The fence marks the southern boundary of the one hundred acre Indiana farm of Thomas Lincoln.
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Wikipedia Description: Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
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Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial is a United States Presidential Memorial that preserves the Lincoln City, Indiana, farm site where Abraham Lincoln lived from 1816 to 1830. During that time, he grew from a 7-year-old boy to a 21-year-old man. His mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, is buried here in the Pioneer Cemetery. Included in the park is a visitor center, where visitors can view a 15-minute orientation film about Lincoln's time in Indiana, as well as visit the museum and memorial halls in the center. The park also features a Living Historical Farm. Rangers work an 1820s farm in full period clothing, and visitors can engage with the rangers about the many activities and items at the farm. The Living Historical Farm is only open from mid-spring to early fall. There is an entrance fee for the park and Living Historical Farm, which is $3 for an individual or $5 per family. The fee is waived if visitors carry a National Park Pass.

The memorial includes the site of the family cabin, a replica farm featuring period-style buildings, and the Memorial Building, completed in 1943. Nearby is Lincoln State Park. Some of the state park land, including the gravesite, was transferred to the National Memorial.

The U.S. Congress authorized the national memorial on February 19, 1962. As with all historic sites administered by the National Park Service, the memorial was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, on October 15, 1966.
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