Lincoln & History

Tickets for the event at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum are on sale.

New director of the UIS Center for Lincoln Studies, Jacob Friefeld, joins Community Voices to discuss plans for the center including its annual event the Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum hosted another lecture to shine a light on Lincoln and American history. The lecture titled "Lincoln, Race, and the Future of American Freedom" was given by author Dr. Lucas Morel.

Historian W. Dale Weeks wrote the book "Cherokee Civil Warrior: Chief John Ross and the Struggle for Tribal Sovereignty." In a forum presented by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Weeks discussed the Civil War from the perspective of the Cherokee nation and the negotiations between President Lincoln and Ross.

Jack LeChien, the Belleville historian and co-chairman of the Gustave Koerner House Restoration committee, had heard people speculate for decades on whether Abraham Lincoln had slept in the city during his 1856 visit. If so, where?

He's most recently been the Illinois and Midwest studies research historian at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.

Bill Furry is a historian, journalist and the executive director of the Illinois State Historical Society. He sat down with Co-Host Logan Bricker to talk about the importance of history, the unlikely places history can be found, and how easily big events can be forgotten.

The task force will identify where historical sites are located, connections they may have to one another, and will paint a picture of the history of the Underground Railroad in Illinois.

A study examined the remains of the homes burned during the 1908 Springfield Race Riot and other sites and buildings around Springfield that played an important role in the riot and its aftermath.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias paid a visit to the McLean County Museum of History to see the impact of a nearly $100,000 state technology grant. The museum allocated the money toward digitizing its Pantagraph negatives collection—millions of images from 1930-2000, many of which were never printed.