Robert Bray to be Speaker at 2012 Lincoln Day Program
Dr. Robert Bray, Author of the book Reading With Lincoln, will be the featured speaker at the annual Lincoln Day program on Sunday, February 19, 2012.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.
The 2012 Lincoln Day program will include presentation of the colors by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, special 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 for a wreath laying ceremony 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.
The 2012 Lincoln Day program will also kick-off the park's year-long observance of its 50th anniversary as a unit of the National Park System.President John F. Kennedy signed the legislation establishing Lincoln Boyhood NM as Indiana's first national park unit on February 19, 1962.
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.
NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION AWARDS 2012 IMPACT GRANT TO LINCOLN BOYHOOD NATIONAL MEMORIAL
The National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks, is proud to award Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial a 2012 Impact Grant to support the launch of "Lincoln's Lessons:Learning Frontier Life Firsthand" a project that will enable students who visit the park to participate in a firsthand experience of life in America as Abraham Lincoln did during his youth in Indiana from ages 7-21. The grant is part of the National Park Foundation's Impact Grantprogram which gives parks the critical financial support needed to transform innovative, yet underfunded ideas into successful in-park programs and intiatives.
"Adding additional materials and programs will aid in our goal of providing firsthand activities for the students who visit the park," said Kendell Thompson, Superintendent of Lincoln Boyhood. "These items, combined with the rich resources existing at the farm will provide an experience of lasting value to each student that visits our park."
The Living Historical Farm is a recreated pioneer homestead located on the land owned by the Lincoln family from 1816-1830.Living history programs at the farm helps students to better understand the boyhood years of President Abraham Lincoln.Acquiring additional and replacement materials will ensure that each student has the opportunity to experience the type of work that Lincoln did as a child.
"With these strategic grants, we have been able to positively impact hundreds of national parks across the country," said Neil Mulholland, President and CEO of the National Park Foundation. "This unique program helps the parks enhance the visitor experience, engaging more people, and ultimately building a stronger community of park enthusiasts who share an appreciation and commitment to protecting America's Best Idea, their national parks."
The National Park Foundation, in partnership with ARAMARK through the Yawkey Foundation, The Fernandez Pave the Way Foundation and The HISTORY Channel, awarded Impact Grantgrants to 62 national parks across the country totaling more than $500,000.
A full list of grantees is available on the National Park Foundation website.
