Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area
The Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area is a National Heritage Area in central Illinois telling the story of Abraham Lincoln. Spanning 43 counties, it is a federally-designated area intended to encourage historic preservation and an appreciation of the history and heritage of the site, with assistance from the National Park Service.[1]
The Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area was created as part of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (S. 2739), an omnibus bill. It was originally introduced in the Senate by Dick Durbin and in the House of Representatives by Ray LaHood, both from Illinois. The legislation also provided $10 million over 10 years, with no more than $1 million awarded in any single year, to make federal grants available for preservation, education and economic development. Grants awarded for Lincoln National Heritage Area activities must be matched dollar-for-dollar in state, local or private funds.
The management authority for the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area is the Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition and follows Lincoln's life from his birth and childhood, to his early life and career, to the Lincoln–Douglas debates of 1858.
In 2019, the United States Senate passed a bill expanding the Abraham National Heritage Area to include locations in Jonesboro and Freeport, Illinois, which were among the seven stops during the Lincoln–Douglas debates.[2]
Heritage sites
The Heritage Area includes the following sites:
- Lincoln Home National Historic Site
- Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site
- Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site at New Salem, Menard County, Illinois
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
- Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site
- Mount Pulaski Courthouse State Historic Site, Postville Courthouse State Historic Site and Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site
- Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices State Historic Site
- David Davis Mansion State Historic Site
- Vandalia State House State Historic Site
- Lincoln Douglas Debate Museum
- Macon County Log Court House
- Richard James Oglesby Mansion
- Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial
- John Wood Mansion
- Beardstown Courthouse
- Old Main at Knox College
- Carl Sandburg State Historic Site
- Bryant Cottage State Historic Site
- Dr. William Fithian Home
- Vermilion County Museum
References
- ^ "Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area". National Park Service. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
- ^ Halstead, Marilyn (April 14, 2019). "Jonesboro debate site added to Lincoln National Heritage Area". Southern Illinoisian. Retrieved July 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition
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- 16th President of the United States (1861–1865)
- U.S. Representative for IL–7 (1847–1849)
- Transition
- First inauguration
- Second inauguration
- Civil War
- Foreign policy
- 13th Amendment abolishing slavery
- Dakota War of 1862
- Homestead Act of 1862
- National Banking Acts
- Thanksgiving Day
- Fanny McCullough letter
- Birchard Letter
- Bixby letter
- National Academy of Sciences
- Department of Agriculture
- Pardons
- State of the Union Address, 1863
- 1864
- Cabinet
- Judicial appointments
and views
and places
memorials
- Presidential Library and Museum
- Papers
- Artifacts and relics
- Bibliography
- Birthday
- Photographs of Lincoln
- Cultural depictions
- films
- Art
- Currency
- Postage stamps
- Abraham Lincoln Association
- Abraham Lincoln Institute
- Association of Lincoln Presenters
- USS Abraham Lincoln (1960,
- 1988)
- Here I Grew Up mosaic
- Lincoln Highway
- Lincoln, Nebraska
- Lincoln Park (Chicago)
- Lincoln Park (D.C.)
- Lincoln Prize
- Lincoln Heritage Trail
- Lincoln Trail State Memorial
- Lincoln–Kennedy coincidences
- Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln
- White House ghost
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- Family tree
- Mary Todd Lincoln (wife)
- Robert Todd Lincoln (son)
- Edward Baker Lincoln (son)
- William Wallace Lincoln (son)
- Thomas "Tad" Lincoln III (son)
- Mary Todd "Mamie" Lincoln (granddaughter)
- Jessie Harlan Lincoln (granddaughter)
- Thomas Lincoln (father)
- Nancy Hanks Lincoln (mother)
- Sarah Bush Lincoln (stepmother)
- Sarah Lincoln Grigsby (sister)
- Abraham Lincoln (grandfather)
- Mordecai Lincoln (uncle)
- Mary Lincoln Crume (aunt)
- John Hanks (cousin)
- Joseph Hanks (great-grandfather)
- Samuel Lincoln (17th-century ancestor)
- Mary Lincoln Beckwith (great-granddaughter)
- Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith (great-grandson)
- Old Bob (horse)
- Fido (dog)
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