Nancy Lincoln - Honors

Honors

  • In 1941, Katherine K. Davis, who co-wrote the lyrics to "The Little Drummer Boy", wrote the ballad "Nancy Hanks"as a tribute to Lincoln's mother. The song uses as its lyrics the Rosemary Benét poem "Nancy Hanks" (originally published in Stephen Vincent Benét's A Book of Americans):
If Nancy Hanks
Came back as a ghost
Seeking news
Of what she loved most... etc.
  • In November 2008, the Mineral County Historical Society and the Mineral County Historic Landmarks Commission officially recognized the researched site of the birthplace of Nancy Hanks in Mineral County, West Virginia, which was first identified in 1929. They had a memorial placed at the site.
  • On February 12, 2009, on the bicentennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, the West Virginia House of Delegates passed a resolution recognizing Nancy Hanks Lincoln for her contributions and her birth site in Mineral County, West Virginia.

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