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Lincoln Day 2016

Posted on February 1, 2016



Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial will be having its annual Lincoln Day program on February 7, 2016, at 2:00 pm CST in the Abraham Lincoln Hall.  All are invited to the program and reception. We are honored to have Lt. Governor Sue Ellspermann as our featured speaker during this special 2016 Lincoln Day program. This is a big year of celebrations with two Bicentennials: the 200th anniversary of Indiana becoming a state and the 200th anniversary of the Lincoln family coming to Indiana. The program will also kick off our NPS Centennial celebration! Ceremonies to honor Abraham Lincoln and his mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, have been a long standing tradition at the site. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, these consisted of reunions by veterans of the GAR (Grand Army of the Republic). Beginning in the 1920s, the Boonville Press Club began sponsoring annual programs. Initially held at the pavilion that was built near the gravesite of Nancy Hanks Lincoln in 1909, the Lincoln Day ceremony was later moved to the memorial building. Lincoln-Boyhood-National-Memorial-Lincoln-Day-2.png.jpg Regardless of the location, an integral part of every program has been a walk, or pilgrimage, to the gravesite on the hill. Lincoln-Boyhood-National-Memorial-Lincoln-Day-3.jpg The 2016 Lincoln Day program will include presentation of the colors by the Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War, special music, and other ceremonial activities to honor the memory of Abraham Lincoln and his family.   A guest post by Paula Alexander with Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial.