🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

(Explore the history and landscape of the United States with us as we approach the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution and American Independence. Get out your homeschool atlas and almanac and follow along!)

Kentucky is our homeschool state-of-the-week, so why not spend a few minutes today with your students learning about one of Kentucky’s most important historic places: Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park.

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park in present-day Hogdenville, Kentucky, commemorates the site where (naturally enough) Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809.

Born in a one-room log cabin on his father’s Sinking Spring Farm on Sunday, February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln’s early years on the Kentucky frontier helped to shape his character and prepare the boy who would grow up to become the 16th President of the United States to lead the nation through the tragic and turbulent times of the Civil War. His legacy of liberty and equality remains relevant today and continues to impact people around the world. (nps.gov)

You can find a wealth of additional information about the park’s history, landscape, location(s), and visitor facilities on the website for Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park from the National Park Service, and also on the park’s page on Wikipedia.

Explore America’s National Parks, National Historical Parks, National Historic Sites, National Monuments, and more via Wikipedia and via the U.S. National Park Service’s website today.

What historical American treasures will you and your students be exploring in your homeschool this Orion Term? 🇺🇸

❡ Lincoln Logs! Abraham Lincoln’s log cabin inspired the creation of “America’s National Toy,” the “Lincoln Logs” construction set, first sold in 1916. Why not order a set of Lincoln Logs for your homeschool students to celebrate America’s upcoming anniversary year. 🪵

❡ The great globe itself: This is one of our regular Homeschool Geography posts featuring important natural and historical sites in the United States. Print your own copy of our River Houses American Heritage Calendar and follow along with us, and add your name to our weekly mailing list to get great homeschool teaching ideas delivered right to your mailbox all through the year. 🌎

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❡ Books in the running brooks: You can always turn to your River Houses atlas and almanac for more information about any of our homeschool states-of-the-week. The almanac has detailed profiles of all the U.S. states and territories, and the endpapers of the atlas are indexes that will show you where all of the individual national and regional maps may be found. 📚

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