History Series: Local Reaction To Orson Welles' War Of The Worlds
Listen to the latest from our history series. These are sponsored by the Sangamon County Historical Society and written by Tara McClellan McAndrew, history columnist for the State Journal-Register....
View Article1849 Lincoln Letter For Sale
A 165-year-old letter from Abraham Lincoln could be just the thing for the history buff in your family. That is, if you have $40,000 to spare. A rare documents dealer in Philadelphia is selling an...
View ArticleSpecial Events In 2015 At Lincoln Presidential Library And Museum
In 2015, it will have been 150 years since Abraham Lincoln died. It will also be the tenth anniversary of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield opening. These two...
View ArticleLock of Lincoln's Hair Sold For More than $800K
A collection of Abraham Lincoln memorabilia that includes a lock of the slain president's hair has been sold for more than $800,000 at auction in Dallas. Dallas-based Heritage Auctions says the Donald...
View ArticleWUIS Archive: Bush, Obama Speak In Springfield To Honor Lincoln
Today, on Lincoln's birthday, we look back at an important moment in Springfield history. The date was April 19, 2005. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum opened, six months after the Library...
View ArticleLincoln Legacy Lectures Broadcast: Lincoln's Funeral
Listen to the WUIS broadcast of the 12th Annual Lincoln Legacy Lectures, recorded at UIS Brookens Auditorium in October - a presentation of the UIS Center for State Policy and Leadership. Hosted by...
View ArticleHistory Series: The Importance Of "Poles" In Campaigning
Today is the primary election for municipal offices, and we're bringing you a story about a campaign tradition back in Abraham Lincoln's era. Our historical stories are sponsored by the Sangamon County...
View ArticleCombat Vets Recreate Lincoln's Hearse
Combat veterans in California have been working on the hearse that will be used in Abraham Lincoln's funeral re-creation later this spring. It will be at the center of events in Springfield...
View ArticleLincoln Carriage Headed To DC
A South Bend museum is lending a carriage once belonging to President Abraham Lincoln to a museum in Washington, D.C. The Lincoln carriage is being moved Thursday from the Studebaker National Museum...
View ArticleLincoln Tomb Criticized And Faces Setbacks
The caretakers of Abraham Lincoln's tomb are on the defensive over an unflattering critique in National Geographic magazine and looming state budget cuts that could threaten management and maintenance...
View ArticleEdwards Place Restoration: Oldest Home In Springfield Gets A Major Face-Lift
If you've made your way to the Springfield Art Association over in the Enos Park neighborhood, you certainly noticed the large brick pale-pink home with green shutters. It's well over 150 years old and...
View ArticlePlans Not Yet Clear For Lincoln Funeral Recreation
Even if you're not into history and couldn't care less about a funeral recreation, you still might want to know what roads will be closed for the event. But according to Katie Spindell, who heads The...
View ArticleTweeting Lincoln's Death
The nation went into mourning when, just after the Civil War had finally ended, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. No one alive today can remember, but a class project may make you get a sense of what...
View ArticleLincoln's Assassination: (Some Of) A Nation Mourned
We've all heard how the United States was sent into a period of shock and grief when word of Abraham Lincoln's murder spread. Newspapers reported it that way. But what about the average American,...
View ArticleLincoln Legacy Lectures Broadcast: Lincoln's Funeral
Listen to the WUIS broadcast of the 12th Annual Lincoln Legacy Lectures, recorded at UIS Brookens Auditorium in October - a presentation of the UIS Center for State Policy and Leadership. Hosted by...
View ArticleThe Funeral Train
A Mourning Country Stood Watch As The Body Of The Slain President Returned To Springfield
View ArticleSpringfield Symposium To Discuss "Counter Emancipation"
The fifth Wepner Symposium on the Lincoln Legacy and Contemporary Scholarship at the University of Illinois Springfield will advance the concept of Counter-Emancipation following President Abraham...
View ArticleA Bombshell Dropped (In Bement) 60 Years Ago
It takes a lot to upstage Abraham Lincoln. But if anyone could, it might have been Marilyn Monroe.The actress visited the small east central Illinois town of Bement, in Piatt County, 60 years ago this...
View ArticleGrant Will Help With Researching Lincoln's Time In Congress
The Papers of Abraham Lincoln has received a $400,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities that will allow more documents about Lincoln’s congressional career to be placed online.The...
View ArticleGroup Promotes Lincoln Relatives' Graves
History buffs in Hancock County hope to increase awareness of six area cemeteries where more than two dozen relatives of Abraham Lincoln are buried. At least 29 relatives are buried at the Majorville,...
View ArticleOak Ridge Cemetery Walk This Weekend
The Sangamon County Historical Society is bringing back the popular cemetery walking tour this fall. “Echoes of Yesteryear: A Walk through Oak Ridge Cemetery” will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday,...
View ArticleALPLM Director Eileen Mackevich Resigns
The director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has resigned following years of disagreements with the head of the state agency that oversees the museum.
View ArticleNo Outside Firm For New ALPLM Director Search
Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration will find a new director for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum instead of hiring an outside search firm.
View ArticleALPLM To Display Rare Copy Of The 13th Amendment
This Sunday is the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The amendment banned slavery in America. To commemorate the event, The Abraham Lincoln...
View ArticleKathryn Harris Poised To Make History
A group that is devoted to the legacy of Springfield's favorite son will install its first African American and first female president this month.
View ArticleLincoln Legacy Lectures: Lincoln & Voting Rights
The Lincoln Legacy Lecture Series is a presentation of the Center for State Policy and Leadership at the Springfield Campus of the University of Illinois and WUIS Public Radio, calling on scholars and...
View ArticleDoris Kearns Goodwin To Be Awarded Lincoln Leadership Prize
A well-known presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author has been selected as the recipient of an annual award from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation.
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