LEARNING LINCOLN ON-LINE

BY HOWARD TAYLOR

PART THREE:   FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND

A VIRTUAL FIELDTRIP OF LINCOLN HISTORY IN COLES COUNTY, ILLINOIS

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Introduction

The Lincoln Heritage Trail

 

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1.  Abraham Lincoln’s Journey in Life Begins: Sinking Spring and Knob Creek Farms, Kentucky

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2.  The Lincolns move to Indiana, 1816

 

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3.  The Lincolns move to Illinois, 1830

 

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4.  Thomas and Sarah Lincoln move to Coles County

 

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5.  Abraham Lincoln moves to New Salem

 

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6.  Abraham Lincoln moves to Springfield, Illinois

 

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7.  Abraham and Mary move to Washington D.C. (Congressional seat)

 

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8.  Abraham Lincoln elected President; visits Step-mother at the Tildy Home in Farmington

President-elect visits step-mother at Farmington before leaving for Washington D.C.   See and read about this in the Coles County Virtual Fieldtrip Section,  pages

 

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9.  Lincoln family moves to Washington D.C.

 

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10.  President Lincoln assassinated at Ford Theater

 

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11.  The body of the President and son Willy return to Springfield, several funeral ceremonies along train route

 

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12.  The President buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery,  Springfield

 

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13.  Lincoln’s Tomb as it is now

   

NEW ADDITIONS FOR TRAVELING THE LINCOLN HERITAGE TRAIL

N/A sign 5-A.    REPRESENTATIVE LINCOLN AT VANDALIA AND ATHENS (THE TALL NINE GROUP

 

 

THE END OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL “FOOTSTEPS OF LINCOLN” SECTION