Carl Sandburg State Historic Site
- Carl Sandburg State Historic Site
Carl Sandburg State Historic Site was the birthplace and boyhood home of author Carl Sandburg in Galesburg, Illinois.
It is operated by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. The site contains the cottage Sandburg was born in, a modern museum, the rock under which he and his wife Lilian are buried.
Carl Sandburg College is also in Galesburg, Illinois.
Sandburg's home of 22 years in Flat Rock, Henderson County, North Carolina is preserved by the National Park Service as the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site.
External links
* [http://www.sandburg.org/ Carl Sandburg State Historic Site Association]
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