Rockport, Indiana
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- Rockport, Indiana
FILMED IN HIGH DEFINITION
This is an EPIC segment that’s full of surprises! Rockport has not only a waterfront with a tall sandstone bluff, a historic cave, and rock wall observation deck, but a ton of Abraham Lincoln History. Abraham Lincoln spent 14 years of his youth in Spencer County, working and living among people that knew him well. You might be surprised to know that Florence Henderson, whom played Carol Brady, on “The Brady Bunch”, both grew up and attended school, right here in Rockport!
But that’s just the start. A man named George Honig, impressed by the humble story of Abraham Lincoln, dreamed-up an amazing time capsule, to honor the Hoosier that would be president. He created an entire village, comprised of homes and businesses, to tell the story of Abraham Lincoln’s childhood, telling about the building blocks of his character. A hollywood movie was filmed here, and the attached museum, with an actual cabinet made by Abraham Lincoln, is sure to provide an interesting visit that’s well worth your time.
The Lincoln Pioneer Village is open May 1st through October 31st of each year, and has wonderful re-enactors that bring the Abraham Lincoln story to life. They use actual handed-down stories, from Spencer County residents, that knew him and his family well: these are treasures that might not be in any history book you’ve ever read!
CREDITS
A very special thanks to Nancy Kaiser, of the Rockport Lincoln Pioneer Village and Museum, as well as all the volunteers, and re-enactors, that keep George Konigs vision, and Lincoln story, alive.
Picture of Florence Henderson
Eva Rinadi
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license