Dr. Kenneth J. Winkle, author of the book Young Eagle: The Rise of Abraham Lincoln, will be the featured speaker at the annual Lincoln Day program on Sunday, February 12, 2006. The program will begin at 2:00 p.m. (CST) and will be held in the Abraham Lincoln Hall of Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Lincoln City, Indiana.
Dr. Winkle is a professor of American history at the University of Nebraska. His book has been praised as one of the best books about the youthful Abraham Lincoln and as an ?. . . .original and valuable work . . . ?.
The 2006 Lincoln Day program will include presentation of the colors by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, choral music and other ceremonial activities to honor the memory of Abraham Lincoln and his family.
Following the indoor program, the traditional pilgrimage to the gravesite of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, a wreath laying ceremony, and eulogy will be held. All are invited to a reception in the Memorial Visitor Center at the conclusion of the program. The park entrance fee will be waived for this special event.
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial preserves the Indiana farm where Abraham Lincoln lived for 14 years -- from 1816 to 1830, and the site where his mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, is buried. The Memorial is located eight miles south of Interstate 64 on Indiana Highway 162, adjacent to Lincoln State Park.
For more information, please contact the park office at 812-937-4541.
