Summer 2021, Day 3: Hopewell Culture NHS, Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers NHS, Lincoln Boyhood NM

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

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

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Crossed into a couple of states:

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

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The memorial portion of the site:

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

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The stones are arrayed along this nature trail:

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

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Lincoln’s mother’s grave:

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

Summer 2021, Day 2: Fort Fredrick SP
Summer 2021, Day 4: George Rogers Clark National Historical Park

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