The Lincoln Cairn at LMU in Harrogate, TN
N 36° 34.867 W 083° 39.472
17S E 262197 N 4051694
This stone monument was built to commemorate the Lincoln Tercentenary in 1937.
Waymark Code: WMQPN7
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 03/13/2016
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Text on marker:
This stone monument was built to commemorate the Lincoln Tercentenary, a celebration held in 1937 of the Lincoln family having been in this country 300 years. The first ancestor to arrive was Samuel Lincoln, who landed in Boston on June 20, 1637. The celebration also commemorated the passage of Abraham Lincoln's family through the Cumberland Gap in 1780 to settle in Kentucky.
Cairn Location: On the campus of LMU next to the Lincoln Memorial Museum
Cairn Purpose: Other (please describe in description)
Types of rock: Round sandstone creek stones.
Cairn Condition:
Type if different from above list: Not listed
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