Front:
Memorial Marking Spot where Lincoln Family entered Illinois from Indiana 1830
GOD BLESS MY MOTHER.
ALL THAT I AM
OR
EVER
HOPE TO BE, 1 OWE TO MY
ANGEL MOTHER."
A. LINCOLN
IN THE LATE WWINTEH OF 1910 A FE WIKS AFIER HIS RDAY
AERAHAM UNCOLN PASSED THIS WAY WITH HS FATHERS FAMILY
ENTERING THE STATE OF ILLINOIS FOR THE HRST TME
Located Illinois Side of Lincoln Memorial Bridge, Vincennes, Ind.
9A-H1833
Back:
ABRAHAM LINCOLN MEMORIAL,
VINCENNES, IND.
Marks exact spot where in 1830, Lincoln
then 21, with his father's family entered
Illinois from Indiana. Located at Illinois side
of beautiful Wabash River Bridge named
after the great emancipator. The Lincolns
forded the Wabash River at Vincennes. Lead-
ing, in limestone, is the figure of his father,
Thomas Lincoln. Hovering above is the spirit
of Lincoln's dead mother. The bronze figure
in the foreground is the artist's conception of
Lincoln at 21.
Lincoln in later years visited Vincennes on
numerous occasions. He saw his first printing
press in the plant of Western Sun, Vincennes
in 1830. (Lincoln portrait, courtesy H. W. Fay.)
A. A. ARNOLD, VINCENNES, IND.
