Lincoln Birthplace

During our stop at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park near Hodgenville, Kentucky, we took some time to go inside the Visitor Center. It had a few interesting items on display and a small gift shop. And air conditioning, which was much appreciated on the day of our visit. Yes, although this post is titled Inside the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Visitor Center, this photo was actually taken outside, because that is where the sign was located. We did not spend too much time looking at the exhibits because we had arrived late in the day and wanted to have enough time to see everything, but we did look around for a few minutes.

On a trip through Kentucky, we visited Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park south of Hodgenville to see where our 16th president was born. The Abraham Lincoln Birthplace features a log cabin inside a marble Memorial Building on the site of the farm where Lincoln was born. The structure is on top of a hill, which makes it look even more imposing. While perhaps not quite as large as the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, this site was actually built first, leading to its alternate name of The First Lincoln Memorial.