• The First Lincoln Memorial

    Abraham Lincoln Birthplace

    National Historical Park Kentucky

For Kids

Junior Ranger Program

Children are encouraged to participate in the Junior Ranger Program. Booklet and badge are available free of charge in the Birthplace Visitor Center.

Not able to visit the park? A downloadable version is available for you to print at home.

WebRangers

Join with others from around the world to experience our National Parks in an online experience.

 
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Did You Know?

Picture of Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln, stepmother of our sixteenth president Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln had a stepmother and stepsiblings. A little over one year after his mother Nancy died, his father, Thomas, married Sarah Bush Johnston, a widow from Elizabethtown, Kentucky.  She had two girls and one boy.