• Carl Sandburg Home Spring

    Carl Sandburg Home

    National Historic Site North Carolina

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  • Detour at Visitor Entrance

    The restroom facility, bridge and picnic area at the park entrance will be closed from June 19 - 21 for a roofing project. Visitors will need to walk around the front lake, .4 miles, to access the Sandburg Home and second restroom.

For Kids

Where to? What next? Video

Where to? What next?

Carl Sandburg loved words. He used words to create poetry, stories and songs, many about his own childhood and growing up in America. Where to? What next? guides youth to learn from Carl Sandburg and share their own stories through poetry, song or story. Poet Glenis Redmond narrates this exciting video. Watch it, and and then share your own words as Sandburg did.

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sandburg jeopardy game

Connemara Jeopardy!

Want to test your knowledge of the Sandburgs? After you have explored the park or visited our museum exhibit virtual tour, challenge yourself to Sandburg trivia through our Connemara Jeopardy Game!

Click here to begin playing! (.ppt 380kb)

Did You Know?

photo of Zenith remote-controlled tv in corner of Sandburg dining room

One of Carl Sandburg's many friends was the President of the Zenith Corporation. This television set, one of the first remote control tvs, was given to him by that friend. Mr. Sandburg gracefully accepted his friend's gift, although he was not a big fan of tv! He believed tv to be a thief of time.