Reservations are being taken at 217-235-5661 for the Coles County Historical Society’s July 21 Founder’s Day Dinner, which will feature a presentation on Mary Todd Lincoln.

Object Details Attribution Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894 Sitter Francis Vinton, 1809 - 1872 Collection Description The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand ...

Lover of Men examines the intimate life of America's most consequential president, Abraham Lincoln. As told by preeminent Lincoln scholars and never before seen photographs and letters, the film ...

The USC Trojans and Notre Dame Fighting Irish have one of the most historic rivalries in college football. With the risk of the annual matchup, former Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn called out ...

COMMENTARY By likening Trump's immigrant-demonization crusade to Lincoln's abolition of slavery, Miami U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar risks discrediting her own Lincolnesque immigration reform ...

Abraham Lincoln furiously scribbled in Springfield on June 27, 1858, firing off a gruff note to the editor-in-chief of the Chicago Press & Tribune, then in business for only 11 years.

Object Details Artist Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896 Sitter Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896 Silas A. Holmes, 1820 - 1886 Edward T. Whitney, 1820 - 1893 H. Hodges David Woodbury, ? - 1866 ...

Object Details Artist Unidentified Artist Sitter Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896 Silas A. Holmes, 1820 - 1886 Edward T. Whitney, 1820 - 1893 H. Hodges David Woodbury, ? - 1866 Credit Line ...

‘Lavender Men’ Review: An Intriguing Play About Abraham Lincoln’s Gay Affair Gets an All-Too-Heady Film Adaptation There are ideas aplenty in Roger Q. Mason and Lovell Holder’s meta-minded ...

Third book in planned five-part series from local author Jan Jacobi, “Lincoln and Douglas” deals with Lincoln's historic debates with rival Stephen A. Douglas.

Why do coaches coach? Commander of USS Abraham Lincoln gives reason From left to right: Joe McNab, Dan Keeler, Kevin Rooney and Jeff Kraemer.