12/30/2010
Another trail – this one all about the guy on the penny. As we have already learned, every state claims Honest Abe and Kentucky prides itself on being the “Birthplace of Lincoln.” So let’s go see where the Great Emancipator made his dramatic entrance.
His hometown has a bunch of places like an ice cream stand called “Lincoln Freeze” and “The Lincoln Country and Western Tavern” but there are some real Lincoln sites too. We first encountered Abe Lincoln’s childhood home. Then we saw Abe Lincoln’s school. At least, that’s what the historic plaque said. There was no building. Just a cow. Laura thinks the cow ate the school. I didn’t think that was likely. We talked about this for a while.
Eventually we reached the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Park. They built an entire park around it. That’s how cool Lincoln is. There’s a big Lincoln Memorial-type Lincoln Memorial in the middle. Go inside and there is a “symbolic cabin.” Laura was mad that it wasn’t the real cabin, which is of course beaver food by now.
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