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Abraham Lincoln is standing inside the fence with Willie beside him. Tad Lincoln is barely visible peeking around the fencepost. This photograph was taken in the summer of 1860, shortly after Lincoln’s nomination as the Republican presidential candidate. [44] This photo clearly shows Abraham Lincoln and his son Willie standing behind the fence.
"Here I Grew Up" is a quotation from Abraham Lincoln regarding his time spent in Indiana. [1] Below the title, the following commemoration appear in brass letters that measure 3.1 inches in height: "Abraham Lincoln, our finest contribution to civilization shaped on the soil of Indiana from age 7 to 21".
In 2005 the site was visited by 147,443 people. On site is a visitor center, featuring a 15-minute orientation film about Lincoln's time in Indiana, and museum and memorial halls. The site is located about ten minutes off the Interstate 64 / U.S. 231 junction and near the new U.S. 231 Route, named the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Parkway in his honor.
Lincoln wears a homemade linsey-woolsey shirt, buckskin trousers, and boots to emphasize his frontier background. [5] [7] The ax represents Lincoln's youth in Indiana's backwoods, the book symbolizes his intellect, and the dog is a symbol of his love of animals, human empathy, and protectiveness. [7]
Young Abe Lincoln, is a 1962 public artwork by American artist David K. Rubins, located outside of the government center near the Indiana State House, in Indianapolis, Indiana, US. This bronze sculpture is a depiction of a young Abraham Lincoln , an Abraham Lincoln that spent the majority of his formative years in Indiana.
State of Indiana Young Abe Lincoln [11] David K. Rubins: 1962 Indiana Government Center South (grounds) Bronze, Granite: 108 × 30 × 38 1 ⁄ 2 in. State of Indiana Abraham Lincoln (bust by Jones) Thomas Dow Jones
Lincoln School opened in 1928, the same decade that saw Ku Klux Klan members win the Indiana governor's office and more than half the seats in the Legislature. Segregation was the law of the land.
Lincoln Pioneer Village is a memorial along the Ohio River in Rockport, Spencer County, Indiana to President Abraham Lincoln who lived in the county during his boyhood years. [2] It was built in 1934 and 1935 [2] [3] in the city park by the Works Progress Administration. [4] George Honig, an artist and sculptor from Spencer County, designed the ...