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Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 9 months ago.
Elijah Iles, who built the Elijah Iles House, 628 S. Seventh St., was one of the pallbearers for the funeral of President Lincoln. At age 69, he walked the entire route of Lincoln’s funeral procession — from what is now the Old State Capitol...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 9 months ago.
Capital City Visitor is Illinois Times’ annual tourist guide to Springfield. You can find it all over town.
This year’s cover art, “Blushing Lincoln,” is by local artist Felicia Olin. According to the Cap City Visitor’s edi...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 9 months ago.
And this is the week to do it …
People involved with the Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site have reached back 146 years to name the tomb’s new support group: The Lincoln Monument Association.
The original Lincoln Monument Association was founde...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 10 months ago.
Yeah, I know it’s nine days into the month. I apologized yesterday for being so far behind. I’m not doing it again.
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 10 months ago.
All the movie blogs have had this already. But better late than never. The lanky guy in the middle of the photo above is Benjamin Walker as Abe in “Vampire Hunter,” which started production last month in New Orleans.
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 10 months ago.
The University of Illinois Springfield buried the lede in its news release announcing a seminar, “Lincoln and the Secession Crisis Reconsidered,” to be held Saturday at UIS.
Deep at the end of the release is the news that the planned new book...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 10 months ago.
Jonathan Benning, who I’ve mentioned before, is the designer of the shirt to be given to participants in the 2011 Lincoln Presidential Half Marathon, which happens Saturday. (It’s a “performance dry wicking race shirt,” for peopl...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 10 months ago.
We here at The State Journal-Register (always Abe’s friend) are literally on the front lines of the Capitol Avenue streetscape project, which has gotten some additional wrinkles in the past couple of weeks.
The most interesting addition is the graph...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 10 months ago.
This is one of the items in the silent auction sponsored as part of this weekend’s pancake and sausage breakfast (remember, real maple syrup) sponsored by the Lincoln Memorial Garden & Nature Center at Lake Springfield. I know it will be hard to...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 10 months ago.
… Might be the title
“My Old Kentucky Homo: The Promises and Perils of Queering Abraham Lincoln” is the topic for Boston College researcher Charles Morris III next week at Illinois College.
Questions about whether Lincoln was gay have been dism...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 10 months ago.
USA Today’s weekly “Snapshot” feature asks people this week, “If you could, would you bring back Lincoln to lead the country in these difficult times”
You can cast your vote here.
Oh, by the way, the newspaper also reports ...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 10 months ago.
Even if you don’t want a sandwich, you should take a peek into the Subway restaurant at the ALPLM just to look at these two artistic highlights.Springfield artist Rod Buffington “reflects quilt images in his paintings.” This one is detai...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 10 months ago.
I know I’ve been kind of tough lately on the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, not to mention on the gift shop.
But this T-shirt, on sale in the gift shop, does, um, rock.
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 11 months ago.
Mrs. ALO and I dropped in on Potter Drug in Petersburg the other day — it’s in a brand-new building with a very cool old-fashioned soda fountain right up front — and I noticed the store had a new, unique souvenir: a very nice-looking ...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 11 months ago.
There’s plenty to like about the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum’s “Team of Rivals” special exhibit, which I finally saw last weekend. However, I still left dissatisfied.
Factually, the display gives the visitor a lot to absorb...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 11 months ago.
You never have to leave the house to drop in on nine local Lincoln sites.
The directions are on this bookmark-style brochure, but here’s the skinny:
Dial (217) 213-3003 on your cell phone. Then dial the prompt number of the site you want to learn ab...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 11 months ago.
Trent Reznor, who just copped an Oscar for the score of “The Social Network,” not only will do the music for “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.” He also gets a scene as the vampire who offs Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Do I care a lot about...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 11 months ago.
Longtime Chicago newscaster Bill Kurtis, with the help of Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum curator James Cornelius, presents the case for the presidential library foundation’s “Permanent Home Campaign” in this YouTube vide...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 11 months ago.
Yes, it’s true that the absconded Wisconsin Democratic senators can point to Abe as a precursor. I’ve been ignoring the comparison, because I figured the Wisconsin episode would be over by now, but what the heck.
The full story is in Michael B...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 11 months ago.
Quietly stashed away on the Illinois Historic Preservation web site are 18 podcasts, mostly focused on historic sites around Illinois. Included in the immediate Springfield area are audio tours of the Old Capitol, New Salem, the Dana-Thomas House and the ...
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