We visited the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park in Kentucky, a small park with the country’s first monument to Lincoln, enclosing the Symbolic Cabin, a reconstruction of the tiny cabin where Lincoln was born. The memorial was built between 1909 and 1911.
56 steps up to the memorial, one for each year of Lincoln’s life:
The symbolic cabin inside the memorial:
Peeking inside:
Model of the cabin:
Info outside:
Boardwalk to the visitor center:
Visitor center:
Parents and kids:
Passport stamp:
Gift shop:
Family Bible:
More exhibits:
Table made by Lincoln’s father:
Boundary oak tree:
Model of the memorial: