Think Lincoln!

Celebrate Lincoln's Life & Legacy in Indiana!
Join in as Abraham Lincoln's Boyhood Home - Spencer County, Indiana - celebrates the 200th Birthday of our 16th President.

Lincoln's Journey of Remembrance Send-off Celebration!

Join us on Tuesday, Sept. 9, as we bid farewell to a group of Spencer County residents who will retrace Abraham Lincoln's Historic 1828 Flatboat trip from Rockport, Indiana to New Orleans, Louisiana.

The send off event will begin at 11 a.m. CDT, below the bluff at the Ohio River shore in Rockport. The celebration will feature musical performances and a keynote address by Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock.

Lincoln's Journey of Remembrance will stop in 20 towns along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers before arriving in New Orleans on Oct. 5.

Visit www.LincolnsJourney.org for more information on this exciting trip.

Places to Learn More about Lincoln

Lincoln lived in Spencer County, Ind., from age 7 to 21, where both his mother and sister are buried.

Looking to learn more about Lincoln? Visit one of these great sites to trace the past of Abraham Lincoln -- a man whose legacy is still forging the future!

Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial & Living Historical Farm - Abraham Lincoln grew up in Spencer County from the age of 7 to the age of 21. This memorial offers history and insight on Lincoln's 14 years of life in Southern Indiana through a visitor’s center, museum, and living history farm where rangers in period clothing demonstrate daily pioneer life.


Lincoln Pioneer Village and Museum - A replica village of the Lincolns' neighbors and friends, plus a museum of artifacts from the area's history including a dress owned by Abraham Lincoln's sister, Sarah and a hutch made by his father, Thomas. This site was originally a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project.

Lincoln State Park - Discover Abraham Lincoln's past throughout ten miles of hiking trails, rolling forested hills and two scenic lakes. Coming in 2009: Lincoln Bicentennial Plaza, a new monument to our nation's greatest president in honor of his 200th Birthday.

Colonel William Jones Home - Tour the historic home of a merchant employer of Abraham Lincoln and learn of early life in southern Indiana. Colonel Jones was also a Civil War veteran.

Lincoln Amphitheatre - In celebration of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, the Lincoln Amphitheatre will reopen in 2009 with an all-new show!

Buffalo Run Farm, Grill & Gifts - if you've never had the chance to actually see live buffalo, Buffalo Run offers this rare opportunity to you. You can also tour two authentic Lincoln-era Cabins and Native American teepee.

Lincoln Landing - The river front under the bluff at Rockport is rich with history, including the site where Abraham Lincoln launched a flatboat to transport produce to New Orleans for a local merchant in 1828. , a re-creation of this trip will occur this September.

Lincoln Ferry Park - This shaded riverfront park with picnic area is located on the historic spot where it it believed the Lincoln Family was ferried across the Ohio River from Kentucky into Indiana in 1816.



Spectacular events are being planned here in Spencer County to commemorate the bicentennial of Lincoln's Birth including:

For more information on these events or to join Spencer County's Think Lincoln group contact us at thinklincoln@psci.net

Spencer County's plans to celebrate the 200th Birthday of Abraham Lincoln are now endorsed by the United States Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission (ALBC). For more information on celebrations nationwide visit www.lincoln200.gov.