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| For Immediate Release: January 20, 2009 |
Contact: Marilyn Ayers (217) 678-8184 |
It's a boy! Birth of Abraham Lincoln to celebrated February 12 at Bryant Cottage BEMENT, IL — It's a boy baby! Born Sunday morning, February 12, 1809 to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln of Nolin Creek in Hardin County, Kentucky. They have named the boy "Abraham." Celebrate the 200th birthday of Thomas and Nancy Lincoln's little boy on Thursday, February 12, 2009 at Bryant Cottage State Historic Site in Bement, Illinois. The celebration will begin at noon, when all church bells in the State of Illinois will ring in honor of Lincoln's Bicentennial. A short program around the Bryant Cottage flag pole will be followed by birthday cake and coffee inside. The event is free and open to the public. Bryant Cottage, administered by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, is located at 146 E. Wilson Street in Bement and is open Thursday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for free public tours. The February 12 event is endorsed by the Illinois Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. Abraham Lincoln was born in a one-room log cabin in the Kentucky wilderness and was the first son of Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. The family moved to Indiana a few years later and then Abraham Lincoln moved to Illinois, where he spent most of his adult life, practiced law, ran for office, and was elected the 16th President of the United States. ###
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