Think Lincoln!

Lincoln Bicentennial Mother's Day Celebration
May 11, 2008
2 p.m.
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

A special ceremony will be held to honor the mother of our 16th president, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, who is buried on the Southern Indiana farm where Lincoln lived from 1816 to 1830. This state-wide kick off for Indiana's Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration will include musical and dramatic performances. Remarks from local legislators and Lincoln scholar Joan Flinspach will round out this memorable event.

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

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Spencer County is home to Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial where his mother Nancy Hanks Lincoln is buried in a pioneer cemetery near the family's farm site.

Lincoln's sister Sarah Lincoln Grigsby is buried in Old Pigeon Cemetery in Lincoln State Park. The cemetery is next to the Little Pigeon Primitive Baptist Church. Abraham and his father Thomas helped to build the first log cabin church on this site. These parks and Buffalo Run Farm are all located near Lincoln City, Ind.

Other Lincoln sites in Spencer County include The Colonel Jones Home in Gentryville, as well as Lincoln Pioneer Village and Lincoln Landing both in Rockport, Ind.

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

Underground Railroad Quilt Display
May 9-11
A display of hand-made quilts in patters of the underground railroad will be showcased Mother’s Day weekend at in the Nancy Hanks Lincoln Hall of the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial visitors center. The quilts were sewn by The Piece Makers quilting club, which meets at the Spencer County Public Library in Grandview.


Lincoln Bicentennial Encampment
May 9-11, 2008
A Lincoln Bicentennial Encampment will coencide with the Mothers Day Celebration on May 11. Scouts will arrive Friday, May 9 and participate in a variety of pioneer-themed activities through out the weekend. About 3,000 Boy and Girl Scouts from at least three states are expected to participate. Scout activities will take place at Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Lincoln State Park and Buffalo Run Farm.

Lincoln Bicentennial Concert
May 24
Featuring patriotic performances by Suzy Bogguss with the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra at Lincoln Amphitheatre. Call 1-800-999-9873 for ticket information.

Public Art Planned for Lincoln State Park
The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) has announced a call for artists interested in developing a public art project for the Lincoln State Park,located in Spencer County in southern Indiana as part of the celebration of President Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday.In partnership with the Indiana Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and the Indiana Historical Bureau, the Arts Commission seeks an artist to design and create a piece of art or an arts experience reflective of the period of Lincoln’s life associated with Indiana.

Journey of Remembrance
September 2008

Re-trace Abraham Lincoln's historic flatboat trip from Rockport, Ind., to New Orleans. The flatboat and its crew, headed by Ron Drake, a Washington D.C. attorney, will set sail from Spencer County making many stops along the way as they follow the same path Lincoln took on this life-changing trip where he witnessed his first slave auction and cemented his anti-slavery views.

Lincoln Amphitheatre
Premiering in 2009: In honor of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, a new play about him has been commissioned for the Lincoln Amphitheatre in Lincoln State Park. Plan now to attend this patriotic tribute to the president whose character was forged right here in Spencer County.

Lincoln Bicentennial Jubilee
August 5-9, 2009

Events will include a Civil War Re-enactment, Historic Home Tour, Parade, Fireworks Over the Ohio River, a Night of Stars, a variety competitions and much more!

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.