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Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site

15588 History Ln Petersburg IL 62675
United States

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https://www.lincolnsnewsalem.com/tour.html

This site is a reconstruction of where Abraham Lincoln lived in his early adulthood, where he split rails, enlisted in the Black Hawk War, and was elected to the Illinois General Assembly in 1834 and 1836.

Various magazine covers stacked on top of one another, a baseball hat with an American Battlefield Trust logo and a man wearing a hoodie with an American Battlefield Trust logo design on it. Various magazine covers stacked on top of one another, a baseball hat with an American Battlefield Trust logo and a man wearing a hoodie with an American Battlefield Trust logo design on it.

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