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"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.
Abraham Lincoln, a portrait by Mathew Brady taken February 27, 1860, the day of Lincoln's Cooper Union speech in New York City. Lincoln accepted the nomination with great enthusiasm and zeal. After his nomination he delivered his House Divided Speech, with the biblical reference Mark 3:25, "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe ...
In addition to his Lincoln scholarship, Bartelt serves on the board of trustees of the Indiana Historical Society and received the Indiana Historical Society's "Hoosier Historian" award in 2003. [7] He taught social studies at Harrison High School from 1968 until 2005 where he also chaired the social studies department, and he served as an ...
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]
How Hamish Linklater found Abraham Lincoln’s voice. In a roundtable interview (via Screen Rant), Linklater talked a little bit about how he created his take on Lincoln’s voice.He worked with ...
Within Lincoln State Park is the Lincoln Amphitheatre, a modern covered outdoor amphitheater that was constructed in 1987 and began producing Young Abe Lincoln (written by Billy Edd Wheeler), that year. After being closed in 2005, Lincoln: Upon The Altar of Freedom premiered in June 2009 for the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth. The play ...
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 ...