BIRTH OF THE 16TH PRESIDENT
Hodgenville, Kentucky (JFK+50) Abraham Lincoln, the future 16th POTUS and son of Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, was born near Hodgenville on February 12, 1809.
The cabin in which Abe was born was located on Thomas Hank's 348 acre farm at Sinking Springs. Abraham Lincoln was to become the first president born outside the thirteen original colonies.
Abraham was named after his grandfather who had been killed in a frontier Indian attack. The family moved 10 miles northeast to Knob Creek in 1811 and then again to Indiana in 1816. Shortly afterward, on October 5, 1818, Lincoln's mother died at the age of 34 of the milk sickness.
Thomas would later marry a widow named Sarah Bush Johnston. They moved to Macon County, Illinois and then to Coles County where Thomas would spend the rest of his life.
Abraham never got along with his stern father who died on January 17, 1851 at the age of 73. He did not attend the funeral. Sarah Bush Lincoln, with whom Abraham got along well, died at the age of 80 on April 12, 1869.
During the presidential campaign of 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy said at the Lincoln Monument Rally in Spokane, Washington...
"I think it is most appropriate...we should meet in the shadow of a distinguished Republican, Abraham Lincoln, because we believe that his spirit motivates our party in the great election 100 years after he assumed the responsibility of office."
SOURCE
"Free things to do on Friday to mark Abraham Lincoln's Birthday," The State Journal-Register, February 11, 2016, www.sj-r.com/
Hodgenville, Kentucky (JFK+50) Abraham Lincoln, the future 16th POTUS and son of Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, was born near Hodgenville on February 12, 1809.
The cabin in which Abe was born was located on Thomas Hank's 348 acre farm at Sinking Springs. Abraham Lincoln was to become the first president born outside the thirteen original colonies.
Abraham was named after his grandfather who had been killed in a frontier Indian attack. The family moved 10 miles northeast to Knob Creek in 1811 and then again to Indiana in 1816. Shortly afterward, on October 5, 1818, Lincoln's mother died at the age of 34 of the milk sickness.
Thomas would later marry a widow named Sarah Bush Johnston. They moved to Macon County, Illinois and then to Coles County where Thomas would spend the rest of his life.
Abraham never got along with his stern father who died on January 17, 1851 at the age of 73. He did not attend the funeral. Sarah Bush Lincoln, with whom Abraham got along well, died at the age of 80 on April 12, 1869.
During the presidential campaign of 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy said at the Lincoln Monument Rally in Spokane, Washington...
"I think it is most appropriate...we should meet in the shadow of a distinguished Republican, Abraham Lincoln, because we believe that his spirit motivates our party in the great election 100 years after he assumed the responsibility of office."
SOURCE
"Free things to do on Friday to mark Abraham Lincoln's Birthday," The State Journal-Register, February 11, 2016, www.sj-r.com/
Lincoln Birthplace Memorial
