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Apr 22, 2012 - Lincoln's childhood in Kentucky

An hour's drive from Mammoth Cave took me to Hodgenville, the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln. He was only here for less than 3 years because of a land dispute. His father, Thomas, had to move the family about 10 miles away to Knob's Hill where he farmed the land for about 5 years. Then, he had to move the family again, and went to southwestern Indiana, so I think that is really Lincoln's boyhood home. There is a building like you'd see in Washington, D.C. up on a hill with 56 steps (the age of Lincoln when he was assassinated) and it houses...

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