Month: March 2022
This is the story of Clan Carson’s trip to Ireland from March 13-20, 2022. The purpose of writing my thoughts down is due to the fact that our trip was so incredibly amazing and life changing, I don’t want to forget anything that happened. I am a professional genealogist and going to the land of…
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If he had missed his shot, we would not have had President Abraham Lincoln. That’s how close it was, just one shot, and quite possibly the United States would look much different than it does today. One can visit the home of Mordecai Lincoln, the favorite uncle of Abraham Lincoln, in Washington County, Kentucky. This…
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Abraham Lincoln was known for his humble backwoods, self-taught beginnings. It was part of his charm and why so many regular Americans supported him. Many felt he was just like them, salt of the earth, log cabin living, hardworking Americans. Without a doubt, that is the world that he came from. A quick visit to…
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Abraham Lincoln said, “My earliest recollection was of the Knob Creek place”. Knob Creek was the place where young Abe learned to walk and talk, read and write, it’s where he first went to school, where he first worked a garden with his sister Sarah, where he witnessed the death of his baby brother, and…
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The little piece of land was so important to President Abraham Lincoln’s father, that he spent years fighting for it. That little piece of land was Sinking Springs Farm, which is now the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Park, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. In December of 1808, the young family of Thomas Lincoln, Nancy Hanks Lincoln…
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“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” “Don’t count the days, make the days count.” “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.” “If you ever dream of beating me, you better wake up and apologize.” “I hated every minute of training, but I said don’t quit, suffer…
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