EDWARDSVILLE - SIUE Emeritus Professor Stephen Hansen will explore the myths and legends of Abraham Lincoln at the inaugural ...

Abraham Lincoln’s assassination ... The train’s last stop before Springfield was, appropriately, the town of Lincoln, Illinois, 30 miles north. More than a decade earlier, when the future ...

Abraham Lincoln richly deserves his own day instead ... which eventually created an epic transcontinental transportation network. The Illinois Central, for example, was the longest railroad ...

The central circle abstractly represents the view from above Abraham Lincoln’s hat. Relationship to Illinois: Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been proud to call Springfield my home. I come from ...

During the period of 1849 to 1860 Abraham Lincoln spent more time in Bloomington than any other place, except his home in Springfield. In February 1853, the city of Lincoln, Illinois was founded ...

The Vandalia Statehouse State Historic Site will celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s birthday with a special event on Sunday, Feb. 9. Bond County historian Kevin Kaegy will present the program “The Lincoln ...

When Lincoln left Illinois and headed east for his inauguration ... Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln are mammoth, yet simple to describe: he confronted the secession ...

The American Alliance for Equal Rights, a nonprofit group led by conservative legal activist Edward Blum, claims the law pushes nonprofits to "discriminate" when selecting their board members.

Young Abe spent the remainder of his childhood ... READ ON THE FOX NEWS APP As an adult, Lincoln moved to Illinois, where he worked several different jobs: postmaster, surveyor and shopkeeper.