Courtesy of the Courier and Press
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2007/jun/08/road-signs-to-marklincolns-boyhood/
By The Associated PressFriday, June 8, 2007
DALE, Ind. — To mark the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, Indiana is erecting signs at state highway entrances proclaiming the state "Lincoln's Boyhood Home."
The 66 signs will be attached over the next few weeks to the "Welcome to Indiana" road signs that greet motorists entering the state. The first signs are set to go up today, said Gary Abel, a spokesman for the Indiana Department of Transportation.
Gov. Mitch Daniels unveiled the blue sign with white lettering Thursday during a news conference in Southern Indiana's Spencer County, where Lincoln lived with his family from age 7 to 21.
"Lincoln's character and values were formed during his youth in Indiana. As president, these traits helped lead our nation through the greatest strife in its young history," Daniels said.
The highway signs, which are being paid for by the Indiana Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, are part of the state's celebration of the life of the nation's 16th president.
They will remain on the highway welcome signs until summer 2010, Abel said.
Lincoln was born in a log cabin near what is now Hodgenville, Ky., on Feb. 12, 1809.
In 1816, Lincoln arrived with his family in Spencer County. His mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, died at age 35 in 1819 and is buried near the family's home site, near the grave of Lincoln's sister, Sarah, who died at age 20 during childbirth.
Lincoln lived in the Spencer County area until 1830, when he moved to Illinois.
Cool Link: 'Lincoln the Hoosier'E. A. Richardson
http://web.usi.edu/boneyard/bigrich.htm
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