Nancy Lincoln Inn

We had a full day today.

First, we went to Hodgenville...to look for a letterbox at the Nancy Lincoln Inn.

The Nancy Lincoln Inn was built in 1928 to accommodate increasing numbers of motorists who were coming to rural Kentucky to visit Abraham Lincoln's birthplace. It was named in honor of Lincoln's mother.

Not only did I find The Mother Lode letterbox, but I also found a hitchhiker!  (That's always a fun surprise.)

A hitchhiker is a letterbox without a permanent home.  A hitchhiker is hidden with another letterbox, and the person who finds it is expected to take the hitchhiker to another letterbox.

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 at Sinking Spring Farm in a log cabin located where the enshrined log cabin now stands.

This is the Memorial Building which houses the log cabin.

T wanted his picture taken on the steps in front of the building.

This is Sinking Spring.

The welcome center had some displays for viewing.  I think this was the Lincoln family Bible?

Thomas and Nancy Lincoln,
their daughter Sarah,
and their son, Abraham

This is T, waiting patiently for me to take a ton of pictures.  ;o)

Washington Square

This afternoon, we visited Washington Square in the nearby town of Ottawa.

On August 21, 1858, the first of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and United States Senator Stephen A. Douglas took place in this park.

site of the first Lincoln and Douglas debate

Approximately 10,000 people gathered to hear the two candidates discuss the question of slavery in America.  Lincoln lost the election for a seat in the United States Senate.

Two years later, however, Lincoln and Douglas were rivals again in the presidential race.  Lincoln won a majority in the electoral college with a minority of the popular vote and became our 16th President.

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Memorial Plaza

close-up of the statues

LaSalle County
Civil War Soldiers Monument

a tired boy