Memorial Day Visit to Lincoln City, Ind.

Here's a link to a great post by a visitor to Spencer County who toured Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial and Lincoln State Park over Memorial Day Weekend. Click here to check out Becca's "Tales from Indiana" blog.

Watch & Enjoy

With many graduation ceremonies going on this weekend, I thought I'd share with you the work of a group of students from the University of Evansville.

These four students performed a dramatic reading titled "To Touch the Earth" during the Lincoln Bicentennial Mother's Day Celebration held May 11 at Lincoln Amphitheatre. The work was written by University of Evansville Theatre Professor R. Scott Lank specifically for this event.

This day in Santa Claus History....

Here's a fun little fact, 152 years ago today, May 21, 1856, the Santa Claus, Ind. post office was officially recognized by the U.S. Government.

Since that time, this tiny town's post office has received millions of letters from children all over the world! A group of volunteers, know as Santa's Elves, help answer childrens letters.

Each year, the post office offers a special picture postmark for holiday cards throughout the Christmas season.

If you're visiting the Santa Claus, Ind., post office this summer, be sure to stop and have your picture made by with the Santa statue out front!

Free Trees for Moms this Sunday

In celebration of the role women played in Abraham Lincoln's life, mothers attending a May 11 event marking the 200th anniversary of his birth will receive free tulip trees. Families are being encouraged to plant the trees as a lasting tribute to Lincoln’s bicentennial and his Indiana heritage.

On Mother's Day – May 11, 2008 – the state where Lincoln spent his formative years will host one of only five national signature events created by the National Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration. To be held at the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial in Lincoln City, Ind., the free event will celebrate the nation’s 16th president on the Spencer County land where he lived, farmed, grew up and even buried his mother.

The Mother's Day celebration date is no coincidence. Lincoln often credited his mother, Nancy Hanks, and stepmother, Sarah Bush Johnston, for helping to shape his character, foster his education and instill in him the values that made him a great leader.

For more information, visit www.thinklincoln.org or call 888-444-9252