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Lincoln State Park : ウィキペディア英語版 | Lincoln State Park
Lincoln State Park is a state park of Indiana, United States. It is located in southern Indiana in Spencer County approximately east of Evansville. The park was established in 1932 and encompasses . There are of trails in the park. Many of the recreational facilities found within the park were constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. The park was originally established as a memorial to Abraham Lincoln's mother Nancy Hanks Lincoln, whose gravesite is now contained within the adjacent Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial. The family of Abraham Lincoln lived in Spencer County for 14 years, from 1816 to 1830. Lincoln State Park contains numerous sites significant to this period. ==The Sarah Lincoln Grigsby Gravesite and Little Pigeon Baptist Church== Within the park's boundaries is the gravesite of Abraham Lincoln's sister, Sarah Lincoln Grigsby, located in a small cemetery next to the Little Pigeon Baptist Church. Thomas Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's father, was a trustee of the Primitive Baptist church. Thomas and Abraham Lincoln helped to construct the original church and the family occasionally attended services there. The current structure is part of the state park and contains a cornerstone from the original church. A congregation no longer worships there.
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