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Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

  • Indiana

photo: Paula Alexander/NPS

Why go there?

The Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial is a United States presidential memorial located in Lincoln City, Indiana. The site preserves the farm where Abraham Lincoln lived with his family from 1816 to 1830. His mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, and at least 27 other settlers were buried here in the Pioneer Cemetery. In 1818, the Lincolns moved to a new farmstead about 1 mile away. In 1830, they left Indiana and moved west to Illinois. The Memorial includes a Visitor Center with exhibits about Lincoln's life and the Indiana frontier. The Memorial grounds also feature a replica of the cabin that Lincoln lived in as a boy, a living history farm, and the Pioneer Cemetery.

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