L ~N COLN LORE Bulletin of the Lincoln National Life Foundation ------Dr. LoUJS A. Warren, Editor. Published each week by The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Number 433 FOR'l' WAYNE, INDIANA July 26, 1937
THE LINCOLN ANCESTRAL TRAIL The three hundredth anniversary of Be•·ka C01tnty-Lincoln Ho'me. Elizabethto11Jn-Bridge marking Bite Samuel Lincoln's arrival in Amcric3 on Derks County-Exeter Meeting o/ 'l'homas Litzooln's early labors. June 20, 1637, was celebrated during House and Cemetery. Elizabethtown-Site of Sarah Bush the fourth week of last month in eigh Gettvllburg-Site where Lincoln de Lincoln's Home nnd marriage cere teen different places associated with monies. the migrations of the Lincoln family. livered fanunl.ll address. Gettysburg-Home of Hon. David Hardin County-Bersheba Lincoln A pilgrimage which began with a Lin burial place. coln Breakfast in Boston where Sam Wills. uel, the first American progenitor of Gettysburg-French Statue of Lin Hawesville-Ferry ncar where Lin the President, disembarked, concluded coln on Pennsylvania Monument. coins crossed Ohio River in 1816. one week la.tcr with a Lincoln Banquet Gettysburg-Lincoln Address Mem 8th Day-Indiana in Hodj:enville, Kentucky, where Abra orial. ham Lmcoln was OOrn. Anderson River-Scene of Abraham The anniversary pilgrimage was 4th Day-District of Columbia Lincoln's first labors in Indiana. made by several Lincoln students who Washington,-,Lincoln Memorial en Rockport-A reconstructed pioneer paid special attention to the home sites closing the stahu by Ff'tmch - The village. of the manf generations of Lincolns. White Housec-The Soldier's Honae Rockport-Landing from which Lin The fo11owmg itinerary over what New York A venue Presbyterian coln started on New Orlean.s trip in might be called the Lincoln Ancestral Church. Vinnie Ream Statue of Lin 1826. Trail, also includes other places of in~ coln in the Capitol-Fo•·d's Theat-re Gentryville- Site of store where tcrest to the Lincoln student cnroute. Lincoln J\1u8eun1.- Peterson HoU$6 Lincoln worked as clerk. from Boston, Massachusetts, to where Lincoln died-Flanncry Statue Lincoln City-Nancy Hank11 Lincoln Springfield, Hlinois. of Lincoln-Lincoln display in Smith M cm.orial Pa,·k. sonian Institute - Ball Statue of First Day-New England Vincennes-Lincoln Memorial Emancipation Group-Lincoln docu Bridge. Massachusetts ments i1t Library of Congress. Boston-Ball Statue of Lincoln, 9th Day-Illinois Park Square. 5ih Day- Virg.i ni~ .and Tennessee Milton-Replica of Lincoln Birth Virgt ma Charleston- Scene of a Lincoln place Cabin, Forbes Estate. Linville-Colonial Home of John and Douglas debate. Hinglw.m-01<1 Ship Chu.rch. Jacob Lincoln. Farmington- Lincoln Log Cabin Cohassct-Mordecni Lincoln Home. Wilderness Road-Over which the State Park. Rhode Island Lincoln's migrated to Kentucky, Farmington- Shilo Church burial Providence-Brown University Lin· ground. coin Collection. Tennessee Decatur-Old Court House in which Harrogate-Lincoln Memorial Uni· Lincoln practiced law. Connecticut versity Collection. Macomb Co,.nty-Site of firat Lin Hartford-Emancipation table in coln H01ne in JUin.ois. State Library. 6th Day-Kentucky Harrodsburg- Enshrined cabin in Petersburg- Burial place of Ann 2nd Day-New York and New Jersey which Lincoln's parents were married. Rutledge. New York Lexington- Site of Mary Todd's New Salcm-Reconstnocted village New York-Lincoln Statue in Cath 1Wlu a State Park. edral of St. John the Divine. Birthplace Home. Lexington-Main St. Heme of Mary lOth Day-fllinois New York-Cooper Union and its Todd. auditorium. Springfield-Site of Joshua Speed's New York-Henry Kirk Brown Sta Lexington-Ward School, attended by Mary Todd. stor,_Oid State Capitol Buildin", now tue o! Lincoln. Union Square. Sangamon Court House - Sttc of Brooklyn-Plymouth Church with Frankfort- Weinman Statue of Lincoln standing. Stuart a.nd Lincoln law office-Site of its Lincoln memorial pew and Lincoln Logan and Lincoln law office-Site of memorial window. New Bosl