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Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
Springfield’s State Journal-Register has an update on the budget cuts to the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency: Gov. Rod Blagojevichs administration said Tuesday it is delaying closures of two dozen state parks and historic sites, blaming unfo...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
The State Journal-Register is reporting that protestors were outside the Governor’s Mansion in Springfield on Saturday, voicing their outrage over Governor Rod Blagojevich’s $2.8 million cut to the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency budget...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
Tonight at 9/8 Central, the History Channel will be airing a documentary, 102 Minutes that Changed America. It promises to be “an unfiltered look at history–as it happened–through video and audiotape captured by more than 100 eye-witnes...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
Did you happen to catch “Abraham Lincoln” at the Republican National Convention last night
I saw him celebrating in the crowd after John McCain’s speech. I searched the web for an image to use today, but instead, I found an interview...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
I’m happy to pass along some information from the folks at the Lincoln Cottage outside Washington, D. C.:
C-SPAN will air a two hour program devoted to President Lincoln’s Cottage on Saturday, September 6 at 8 pm.
This program will p...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas made a stop in Freeport, Illinois over the weekend. I’m not just talking about statues either. The folks in Freeport listened to a re-enactment of the Lincoln-Douglas debate that occured in their town 150 ye...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
How about another installment of Lincoln on Ebay
Up for auction this week is a signed copy of the Laws of Illinois of 1838.
Not just anyone signed this copy though.
William H. Herndon, Abraham Lincoln’s third and final law partner, affixed his s...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
The Sesquicentennial Commemoration of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates is shaping up nicely in Jonesboro, Illinois. Organizers have passed a schedule along for us to take a look at:
Friday, Sept. 126:00 pm: Doors open for Dinner with the Debaters at Great...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
The Memorial Service for Professor John Y. Simon will take place this Sunday, August 24, at 1 pm at Shryock Audituorium on the Southern Illinois University campus in Carbondale, Illinois.
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Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
I was digging through my filing cabinet of clipped newspaper articles when I stumbled on a piece from Springfield’s State Journal-Register, dated February 12, 2005.
As the date suggests, the article was written to commemorate Abraham LincolnR...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
There is a town in Illinois named after Abraham Lincoln. Though that may not come as a shock to many of you, the circumstances surrounding the naming of Lincoln, Illinois are a bit strange.
It is the only town named after Lincoln before he was elected ...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
Today marks the beginning of a new semester. For the next four months, I will be teaching Illinois History here at Southern Illinois University. I’m really looking forward to the course.
For the last two years, I’ve been writing my dissert...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the darkest day in Springfield history. A two-day race riot ravaged Abraham Lincoln’s hometown.
We’ve talked about the race riot before on this site. As I recall, the topic came up during a series of po...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
The Journal Gazette-Times Courier in Charleston, Illinois ran an interesting piece on Friday. The article details Abraham Lincoln’s last visit to Coles County to visit his stepmother in late January 1861. It’s worth taking a look at.
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
WASHINGTON The fifth installment of C-SPANs Lincoln 200 Years programming initiative airs on Saturday, August 2 from 8 - 10 p.m. ET. (The program re-airs at 11 p.m. ET).
This month, the program features two segments focusing on Lincoln and his polit...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
It looks like we had good reason to be worried about historic sites in Illinois.
According to the State Journal-Register in Springfield, all seasonal workers at New Salem have been let go. In addition, the site will be now be closed on Mondays and Tues...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
United States Senate
July 25, 2008
Mr. President, in 1887, 2 years after the death of Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman wrote in a letter to his old Army Chief of Staff, “Grant’s whole character was a mystery, even to himself....
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, August 24, 2008, in Shryock Auditorium on the SIUC campus.
CARBONDALE - John Younker Simon died at 9:12 a.m. Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. He was 75.
John was born June 25, 1...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
How about another fast-paced edition of “Odds & Ends” to round out the week that wasI have enjoyed reading the first few reviews of Daniel Mark Epstein’s new book on the Lincoln marriage. Washington Post, New York Times, and a new...
Posted by Lincoln Studies 3 years ago.
Several weeks ago I received an email from the folks at Studio Macbeth. They told me they had created new digital images of “Lincoln.” My curiosity was peaked, so I took a look at them. I was impressed. However, it seems some folks did no...
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