A Pekin woman who gained her freedom from indentured servitude with the help of Abraham Lincoln more than two decades before he issued the Emancipation Proclamation as president is the subject of a ...

When Lincoln left Illinois and headed east for his inauguration, he told the crowd at the Springfield railroad station that he ... Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln ...

(This column has been updated to correct the year of Abraham Lincoln's death ... and in his funeral procession en route to Springfield, Illinois, in 1865. Lincoln reminds us that good presidents ...

Being that Springfield is the capital of Il, we have tons to do here  – no matter the weather. Today unfortunately is a ...

Abraham Lincoln grew ... the first of four terms. In 1836 Lincoln passed the Illinois bar and began to practice law, trying cases both in the capital of Springfield and all over the state, where ...