Lincoln Bicentennial Events
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Lincoln Family Album Display
March 1, 2008
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Lincoln Speaker Series; Facing Lincoln's Neighbors
May 18, 2008
2:00 p.m. CT
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An Evening for the Ages
May 24, 2008
8:00 p.m.
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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.
Looking to learn more about Lincoln?
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:
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.
For more information on these events or to join Spencer County's Think Lincoln group contact us at thinklincoln@psci.netSpencer 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.
