The Boy Lincoln Sculpture Dedication and Unveiling Ceremony

Please join the residents of Hodgenville and LaRue County for a day-long celebration surrounding the unveiling of The Boy Lincoln, a bronze sculpture by Daub-Firmin-Hendrickson Sculpture Group.

The Boy Lincoln Celebration will not only pay tribute to Kentucky’s native son, but also to our 16th president’s ideals and legacy.

Activities planned for the day include: (all times listed are eastern daylight time):

8:00 a.m.                      Flag raising ceremony at the Town Square

9:00 – 10:30 a.m.          Brunch at the Hodgenville Women’s Club (there is a fee for the brunch)

11:00 a.m.                     Dedication and Unveiling Exercises of The Boy Lincoln, Town Square

12 Noon                        Cake and punch reception, Town Square

Beginning at 1:00 p.m.    Activities at the Hodgenville Civic Center: 

•  The Making of the Boy Lincoln presentation by the sculptors
• Chautauqua Presentations – Actor portrayals of Mary Todd Lincoln and Margaret Garner  http://www.kyhumanities.org/characters838.cfm
• Local school presentation of “A Land for All Times”
• Lincoln Heritage Trail Virtual Marker Unveiling www.kylincolntrail.com

Additional activities include: 

• Kentucky Historical Society HistoryMobile (provide link to http://www.kylincoln.org/events/historymobile.htm)
• Children’s Pioneer Games at the Boyhood Home Knob Creek Farm  http://www.nps.gov/abli/planyourvisit/boyhood-home.htm
• Viewing of the KET production, “Lincoln: I, too, am a Kentuckian” http://www.ket.org/lincoln/
• Exhibits at The Lincoln Museum  http://www.lincolnmuseum-ky.org/Tours.html
• Tour the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site http://www.nps.gov/abli/

The Boy Lincoln Celebration is presented by the City of Hodgenville; LaRue County; Preservation of Lincoln’s Kentucky Heritage, Inc.; the Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission; the Kentucky Arts Council; the Kentucky Heritage Council and the Kentucky Historical Society.

Invited guests include:

First Lady Laura Bush
Governor and Mrs. Stephen Beshear
United States Senator Mitch McConnell
United States Senator Jim Bunning
United States Congressman Ron Lewis
the Kentucky General Assembly
Hodgenville Mayor Terry L. Cruse
LaRue County Judge Tommy Turner

About The Boy Lincoln Sculpture:

The Daub-Firmin-Hendrickson in-the-round sculpture portrays Abraham Lincoln shortly before his eighth birthday, leaning against an old tree trunk on his family farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky.  He is ready a copy of Webster’s Elementary Spelling-book, and has a linen satchel filled with ears of corn, a fishing pole and his dog “Honey” sitting attentively close by.  The sculpture will be positioned on the Hodgenville Town Square so young Lincoln’s gaze is into the face of himself: a seated portrait of President Lincoln done by Adolph A. Weinman, dedicated on May 31, 1909.     The Boy Lincoln sculpture was funded by the Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and the Kentucky Arts Council.