Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

This is another site that I had been to before, but it was a first time visit for Noelle and Sierra. We started at the visitor center which also serves as a memorial to Abraham Lincoln. The memorial court features five panels that were sculpted to feature significant periods in Lincoln's life.

From the visitor center we headed through the Allee and into the woods for a short hike to the Pioneer Cemetery where Lincoln's mother Nancy Hanks is buried.

Then we moved on to the Lincoln Living Historical Farm. There were animals there which Sierra enjoyed.

There were also demonstrations. Sierra liked watching some interpreters bake cookies and wanted to sit and listen to a talk on pioneer life.

We made a short side trip to the Lincoln Spring

and then headed back to the visitor center on the Trail of the Twelve Stones.

Back at the car we ate a snack and then hit the road again, headed further south into Kentucky.