Abraham Lincoln lived in Indiana for fourteen years.
Indiana Panel: 1816-1830. (click here) The Boyhood Days of
Lincoln. Among the more outstanding features of the Lincoln Boyhood
National Memorial are the five sculptured panels of the Memorial
Building. They are the work of E.H. Daniels, who also designed the bust
of Lincoln located in the Abraham Lincoln Hall
Indiana Panel: 1816-1830. (click here) The Boyhood Days of
Lincoln. Among the more outstanding features of the Lincoln Boyhood
National Memorial are the five sculptured panels of the Memorial
Building. They are the work of E.H. Daniels, who also designed the bust
of Lincoln located in the Abraham Lincoln Hall
NPS
The Late President Lincoln credits his character to his boyhood years in Indiana. It is needless to say he was treasured as the surviving child of the couple so love for him existed to nurture his established character without question.
The Late President Lincoln credits his character to his boyhood years in Indiana. It is needless to say he was treasured as the surviving child of the couple so love for him existed to nurture his established character without question.
Abraham Lincoln and his family moved from Kentucky to Indiana in 1816
and stayed until 1830 when they moved to Illinois. During this period,
Lincoln grew physically and intellectually into a man. The people he
knew here and the things he experienced had a profound influence on his
life. His sense of honesty, his belief in the importance of education
and learning, his respect for hard work, his compassion for his fellow
man, and his moral convictions about right and wrong were all born of
this place and this time. The time he spent here helped shape the man
that went on to lead the country. This site is our most direct tie with
that time of his life. Lincoln Boyhood preserves the place where he
learned to laugh with his father, cried over the death of his mother,
read the books that opened his mind, and triumphed over the adversities
of life on the frontier.
