The Nancy Hanks Memorial was constructed to honor the mother of President Abraham Lincoln. The native limestone memorial was dedicated on June 12, 1935, the 129th anniversary of the marriage between Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks.

Three young Women represented the three states with ties to President Lincoln. Clarice Nichols of Danville, Kentucky, Mary Ann Martin of Salem, Illinois, and Alice A. Baylor of Speed, Indiana, removed the flag covering the monument's plaque. With the unveiling, the Nancy Hanks Memorial was officially dedicated.

The dedication was only part of the daylong celebration. The elaborate program included speakers from Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana, a chicken and country ham dinner and a reenactment of the Lincoln-Hanks wedding. The spirits of the large crowd and those of the wedding party remained high despite the rain that delayed the program several times.

Alt of the wedding participants wore authentic period attire. Marion Campbell portrayed Nancy Hanks. James Gregory was Thomas Lincoln. Reverend J. R. McAfee of the Springfield Methodist Church stood in for the Reverend Jesse Head. The day's festivities ended with a wedding ball, which followed the reenactment of the marriage ceremony.

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Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail

1809 Abraham Lincoln born at Sinking Spring farm, in present-day Larue County, Kentucky.
1816 Lincoln family moved from Kentucky.
1841 Abraham Lincoln visited his friend Joshua Speed at Farmington, the Speed family plantation, in Louisville, Kentucky.
1842 Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd of Lexington, Kentucky.
1847 The Lincoln family visited Lexington, Kentucky, en route to Abraham's only term in Congress.
1860 Abraham Lincoln elected President of the United States in November.
1865 Abraham Lincoln assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.

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A project of the Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission produced by the Kentucky Heritage Council in partnership with the Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

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