Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

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Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Replica of the Lincoln Farm
Replica of the Lincoln Farm
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial (USA)
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Coordinates: 38 ° 7 ′ 13 ″  N , 86 ° 59 ′ 49 ″  W.
Location: Indiana , United States
Founding: 19th February 1962
Address: Lincoln City, Indiana , USA
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The Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial is a Presidential Memorial that preserves the farm on which Abraham Lincoln lived from 1816 to 1830. During this time, a seven-year-old boy became a twenty-one year old man. His mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln , is buried here in Pioneer Cemetery and his sister is buried in the nearby Little Pigeon Baptist Church Cemetery . The park has a visitor center where visitors can watch a 15-minute briefing film about Lincoln's time in Indiana. You can also visit the museum and the memorial halls there. The park also features the Lincoln Living Historical Farm .

Components of the memorial

Memorial building

The heart of the memorial is a one-story limestone building, which was completed in 1944, despite the shortage from the Second World War . There are five reliefs that show different phases in Lincoln's life. The building can be visited after paying an entrance fee. There is a small movie theater in the building that shows a short film about Lincoln's life in Indiana. A museum with various exhibits about Lincoln is located in an adjoining hall. The building also contains a large private gallery of Lincoln-related works of art, including numerous portraits and lithographs of Lincoln and his family. The park also has an original oil painting of Abraham's mother, Nancy Lincoln. The building also includes a chapel and a meeting room, where weddings and meetings are held regularly.

Historic farm

A short walk from the memorial building is the property of Lincoln's hut, on which the sandstone foundation still exists. It is preserved by the park and is protected from vandalism by a barrier. It was discovered during a professional archaeological investigation. There is a replica of the farmhouse near the original location of the hut. Park rangers work on the 1820s-style farm in costumes that match the clothing of the period. Visitors can chat with the park ranger about the many activities and locations on the farm. The Living Historical Farm is only open from mid-spring to early autumn. It includes self-grown crops, livestock and various agricultural implements.

history

Lincoln in Indiana

The building of the memorial

Abraham's father, Thomas Lincoln , had already lost two houses in Kentucky ; Abraham was born on Sinking Spring Farm . Thomas Lincoln was tired of the competition with the farmers who kept slaves, and because there were no proper land registers in Kentucky, many residents were driven from their farms after the survey was completed. The Lincoln families were one of those families, and in 1815 Thomas traveled to Indiana to find a new home for his family. The next year, Thomas Lincoln and his family moved to Spencer County, Indiana, and settled near the Pigeon Creek settlement. Thomas was a talented carpenter and had better carpentry tools than the other settlers. He was able to build cabins in less than four days and have their new home completed before winter began. The following year was used to expand the farm, create fields and plant crops. In October 1818, milk sickness struck the community. It was caused by cows that Wasserdost had eaten plants. People who drank the milk from these cows became terminally ill. So did Lincoln's mother, Nancy, who passed away a week after the onset of the disease. She was buried in a tomb behind the family's hut. It was not until the following spring that a clergyman came to hold a funeral service.

Abraham was deeply saddened by his mother's death, but he remained busy on the farm. His father soon married the widow Sarah Johnson, who moved to the Lincoln farm with her three children. Abraham shared the cabin attic with his two stepbrothers for the rest of his time in Indiana. The Lincoln family attended the nearby Little Pigeon Baptist Church . The church is still standing and is located within Lincoln State Park . In November 1819, Andrew Crawford opened the first school in the area. It was near Lincoln's house. It was the first school Lincoln attended. Classes were held over the winter for three months and the tuition fee was two dollars. In 1822, his parents enrolled him in James Swaney's school. Since this school was over four miles away and Lincoln had to walk, his attendance was rare. In 1824 he moved to a school near his church, which was also closer to his home. Here he stayed until the end of his school days at the age of 16. In January 1826, Abraham's only sister Sarah died in childbirth and was buried in the cemetery of Little Pigeon Baptist Church.

He later met attorneys John Pitcher and John Breckenridge while visiting Rockport, and they sparked his interest in the lawyer profession. It was around this time that he traveled to New Orleans with businessman Allen Gentry for the first time to sell products and buy supplies for home. During this visit, Lincoln is said to have witnessed the slave trade for the first time. This experience, and the influence of the anti-slavery community in the state and its community, shaped Lincoln's stance against slavery. After 14 years in Indiana, Thomas Lincoln sold the farm and moved his family to a new farm in Illinois in March 1830 .

The erection of the memorial

That part of Lincoln's past was forgotten until the grave of Nancy Hank was rediscovered. Peter E. Studebaker placed a tombstone on the property. Local groups tried for decades to increase interest in the site. In 1917 the foundations of the hut were discovered and officially marked on April 28th. The Indiana Lincoln Union was founded in 1927 to promote the construction of a memorial in honor of Lincoln's stay in Indiana. Part of the memorial, including the grave of Nancy Lincoln, was transferred from neighboring Lincoln State Park . This was founded in 1932 by the state of Indiana to protect the area and preserve the historic homestead. The site was continuously improved in the 1930s and 1940s. Finally, the memorial building was erected in 1944.

The memorial was granted National Historic Landmark status on December 19, 1960 . After the Indiana government donated 46 hectares for this purpose in 1962, the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial was built. The US Congress approved the National Memorial on February 19, 1962 . Managed by the National Park Service , the memorial was listed on October 15, 1966 as a Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places . In 1968 the living historical farm was built after "meticulous research" believed to give visitors a better understanding of Lincoln's time in the area.

gallery

  • Entrance to the memorial

  • The forecourt of the memorial

  • The remains of the foundation of the hut.

  • Lincoln in Kentucky

  • Lincoln in Indiana

  • Lincoln in Illinois

  • Lincoln in Washington, DC

  • Lincoln's legacy

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arbogast pp.7.1, 8.2.
  2. ↑ Arbogast 8.2.
  3. ↑ Funk, p. 40.
  4. ↑ Funk, p. 41.
  5. ↑ a b c Funk, p. 43.
  6. ↑ a b Funk, p. 44.
  7. ↑ a b Funk, p. 42>
  8. ↑ a b Arbogast p.8.1.
  9. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Indiana. National Park Service , accessed July 22, 2019.
  10. ^ Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 27, 2017.

literature

  • David Arbogast: Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial NRHP Nomination Form . National Park Service, March 1976.
  • The National Parks: Index 2001-2003 . US Department of the Interior , Washington.
  • Funk, Arville L: A Sketchbook of Indiana History . Christian Book Press, Rochester, Indiana 1969, revised 1983.

Web links

Commons : Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files