The first stop of the day was Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, a 2000-year-old Native American burial site:





Next I visited Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument. Charles Young purchased this home during his time teaching at nearby Wilberforce University:

Crossed into a couple of states:


The last stop of the day was Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial:

The memorial portion of the site:



The site contains stones that were significant in Lincoln’s life:

The stones are arrayed along this nature trail:

The memorial also contains bronze castings of the sill logs and hearth stones of Lincoln’s boyhood home in their original location:




Lincoln’s mother’s grave:


I overnighted at the Walmart of Princeton, Indiana. See the trip map for today’s drive.
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