Lincoln Birthplace Memorial, Hodgenville

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This file appears in: Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek

President Abraham Lincoln's birthplace is commemorated with this memorial, pictured here from the early 20th century. The site is now the Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site. Courtesy the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek

By Talbott
The summer before Abraham Lincoln was elected president, he wrote a response to Samuel Haycraft, who had asked Lincoln to return to Kentucky to visit his boyhood home. Although few Kentuckians…