Anna Sue Asby (11) Sep 6, 2009
Born Anna Sue Wayne on Dec. 4, 1943, in Hodgenville, Ken. she was a Kentucky country girl at heart. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
New Lincoln pennies launched in Springfield Sep 5, 2009
The first launch was Feb. 12, Lincoln;s birthday, in Lincoln;s birthplace of Hodgenville, Ky. The second launch, held in May in Lincoln City, Ind. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Famous hometowns Aug 20, 2009
Indeed, to commemorate Honest Abe's humble start in life, a historically accurate log cabin was built on the site of his birth on the Sinking Spring Farm in Hodgenville, Ky. The cabin sits within a neo-classical Memorial Building commissioned by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1909 and dedicated by President Taft in 1911. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Coasters, caves & canoes Jul 11, 2009
The stones of varying sizes laid out along the half-mile scenic walking trail represent bits of Lincoln s life in chronological order, from his first years in Hodgenville, Ky. to his teen years, when he worked at a local store; to a boulder brought in from the Civil War Battlefield at Gettysburg. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Looking Back Jul 2, 2009
Guests this week of Mr. and Mrs. Twyman Jones and family have been Mr. Jones parents and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Ivy Jones and Phyllis of Hodgenville, Kentucky. Mr. Joe Chody was the honored guest at a surprise birthday breakfast in the home of Don Miller. (Kalona News, IA)
Tour Kentucky's Mammoth Cave Apr 30, 2009
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site, Hodgenville, Ky. Site of Sinking Spring farm where Lincoln was born on Feb. 12, 1809. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Volunteers to spruce up Civil War sites Apr 3, 2009
In Kentucky, some of the sites to be worked on include Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in Hodgenville; Battle for the Bridge Historic Preserve in Munfordville; Fort Boone Civil War Battle Site in Frankfort; and Middle Creek National Battlefield in David. More information can be found at. (FOX19.com, OH)
High winds, rain blow through Kentucky Mar 9, 2009
The National Weather Service in Kentucky reported winds of up to 60 mph in some areas, including in Hodgenville in LaRue County south of Louisville. The front also brought rain as it moved east across the state. (FOX19.com, OH)
Alice Hoffmann: Remembering Feb 17, 2009
We visited his birthplace in the small cabin at Hodgenville, Ky. his home in Springfield, Ill. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Happy birthday, Lincoln Feb 15, 2009
He was born on Feb. 12, 1809, in a backwoods cabin near Hodgenville, Ky. He died on April 15, 1865, in a house across the street from Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. He was the first American president to be assassinated. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Commentary: Lincoln's remarkable tie... Feb 14, 2009
Lincoln was born a Southerner 200 years ago, on February 12, in a rough-hewn cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky. He spent most of his adult life in the North, working a series of odd jobs before becoming a lawyer and a leading Illinois politician. (CNN -- Law)
Happy 200th, President Lincoln Feb 13, 2009
Wreaths were laid in Hodgenville, Ky. where Lincoln was born. (USA Today)
Presidential homes Feb 11, 2009
There's more than split rails at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in Hodgenville, Kentucky ... This February 12, the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth, events are planned around the park and the Hodgenville area, including a ceremony presenting new Lincoln pennies for circulation and the dedication of a second replica log cabin. (CNN -- US)
Scholars delve into a complex Lincoln Feb 11, 2009
For a visceral sense of how far Lincoln rose, visit the Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site near Hodgenville, Ky. There, in a sublime irony, an old replica of the cabin sits encased in a pink granite temple constructed in 1909 to the designs of John Russell Pope, the greatest American neo-classical architect of the time. (USA Today)
W.R. Poage Library Celebrates Lincoln Bicentennial With Exhibit and Lecture Feb 10, 2009
In 2005, Willard traveled the Lincoln Trail, from his birthplace in Hodgenville, Ky. through southwestern Indiana to Lincolns tomb in Springfield, Ill. (KWTX.com, TX)
Lincoln still mesmerizes the nation Feb 10, 2009
It is all part of the country's unique obsession with the martyred president who is perceived, historians say, as the epitome of an American: Born of the wilderness, near Hodgenville, Ky. and self-schooled by candlelight. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
Lincoln look-alike commemorates 16th President's 200th birthday at AC-T Feb 8, 2009
In fact, De Haan is undefeated as a Lincoln impersonator, having won the same contest in 1996 and 2007 and capturing the title in Hodgenville, Ky. the site of Lincoln's birth. (Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, IA)
Seeking Lincoln, and finding the Lincoln Memorial Feb 7, 2009
The first of the Lincoln mythologers was Abraham Lincoln, born Feb. 12, 1809, in what was indeed a log cabin in Hodgenville, Ky. He was poor, but not humble. (International Herald Tribune)
