As to conspiracy, you said it, I didn't. The legend must not be questioned, the hype not denied now, the park is up and running in Ky. and jobs provided by Feds there, and to try to correct this might be interpreted as denigrating Lincoln's divinity and status as a deity.
This even though as one poster has said, it really does not detract from HIS [actual] character, but only attempts to debunk the legend about him, the myth not the man...
But this myth is just too holy to question, it seems, and even Lincoln master biographer Carl Sandburg (born in Illinois) knew the truth but could do nothing, save to move to North Carolina and live out his life not far from the REAL birthplace.
This is just one example of why government-run education was a bad idea. This is only one of many myths firmly held by our population now for generations. Inundate the textbooks with a lie, and that lie will become accepted truth pretty quickly.
And where would these public records be? Some documentation would be in order.
That is the biggest load of bullsh*t to come down the pike in a long time. You and stand waite ought to exchange notes, you on this fairy tale and him on his alleged quotes about 'mud colored people'. What you are claiming, not me, is a conspiracy. A deliberate cover-up by every single single person who has written a biography on Lincoln. Not a single one of those people uncovered this information that you claim is 'evidenced rather abundantly by public records'. Every single one missed it. Either that or every single one chose to ignore the facts. All participated in a cover up to protect the holy myth. None decided that they wanted to write the bombshell that tore the cover off and exposed the real Lincoln. Do you realize how far fetched that is? Don't you think that it is more likely that reputable scholars may have come across this story in the past and dismissed it as the load of manure it is?