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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.**

A sculptured panel in it's early stages  

Did You Know?
Each of the sculptured panels on the exterior of the Memorial Visitor Center was carved from solid 10 ton blocks of limestone that measure 8 feet tall by 13 ½ feet wide.

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