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Lincoln Boyhood National MemorialCabin at Living History Farm
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Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Audio Files

Superintendent's Welcome

Thomas Lincoln
Learn about Abraham Lincoln's father and his influence on the future president's life. Download this file and listen to it in the Memorial Visitor Center museum.

Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Learn about Abraham Lincoln's mother and her influence on the future president's life. Download this file and listen to it in the Memorial Visitor Center museum.

Sarah Bush Lincoln
Learn about Abraham Lincoln's stepmother and her influence on the future president's life. Download this file and listen to it in the Memorial Visitor Center museum.

Sarah Lincoln
Learn about Abraham Lincoln's sister. Download this file and listen to it in the Memorial Visitor Center museum.

White Snakeroot
Learn about the plant that caused milksickness that killed Abraham Lincoln's mother. Download this file and listen to it in the Memorial Visitor Center museum or at the gravesite.

**If the file does not play, right click on the link then click "save target as" to save it to your computer.  It should open from there.**
Member of the Civilian Conservation Corps  

Did You Know?
Much of the early development of the park was done in the 1930s by members of the Civilian Conservation Corps.One of its most notable accomplishments was the excavation of the Lincoln cabin hearthstones.Pictures of the stones and articles on the discovery appeared in numerous newspapers in 1934.

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Last Updated: October 04, 2007 at 11:37 EST