How are the three states of Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky working together to tell the entire story of Lincoln’s life?
A Tri-State Commission has been formed so that the three states can work together with the goal of inspiring and educating the public about the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Committees have been formed to provide teachers, students, and the public with opportunities to learn about Abraham Lincoln by coordinating workshops, guest speakers, symposia, encouraging educational programming and disseminating cross-curricular educational resources. A Tri-State interpreter’s training workshop that will provide historians from the Organization of American Historian to all three states, a Tri-State teacher’s workshop, and a Tri-State handbook will all be available for visitors. Kentucky Years – (1809- 1816) Birthplace of Abraham Lincoln and where his family lived for 2 ½ years before moving ten miles northeast to the Knob Creek farm. Lincoln is quoted as remembering, “My earliest recollections however, are of the Knob Creek place.” He left Kentucky at the age 7. Indiana Years – (1816-1830)
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- How are the three states of Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky working together to tell the entire story of Lincoln’s life?
- Why not spread the story across the entire game, instead of putting it all toward the beginning?
