HAPPY 200th BIRTHDAY ILLINOIS: December 3, 1818-December 3, 2018
On December 3, 1818, President James Monroe signed the bill to admit Illinois as the 21st state in the Union. Before it was a...
Bicentennial Celebration of the Illinois Judiciary
Springfield, October 9, 2018 - From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, members of the Illinois Supreme Court are joined by attorneys and...
Oral History: Recollections of the Blagojevich Years
From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library: Historian Mark DePue opens the vault of some of the audio clips he's gathered over the last 12...
Recalling the 1968 Democratic National Convention
From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum: On the 50th anniversary of the historic 1968 Democratic National Convention, we hear reflections from four...
Taylor Pensoneau: Reflections on Covering Illinois Politics in the 1960s...
Springfield - Marking the Illinois Bicentennial, 1818-2018
In this in-depth conversation, we speak with former journalist, now author Taylor Pensoneau, who was the Capitol Bureau...
Fmr Aide to Ronald Reagan, Peggy Grande, on Reagan in his...
From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library - When Ronald Reagan left the presidency, he moved back to California. In 1989, Peggy Grande, just out...
Illinois Bicentennial: Jim Edgar’s Decision to Not Run for Governor in...
In October 2005 -- former Governor Jim Edgar announced he would not run for Governor in 2006 against then Gov Rod Blagojevich. In this...
Illinois’ Growing Wine Industry
From Springfield: Over the last 15 years, the number of Illinois wineries has grown nearly ten-fold. This growth has added to communities availability of...
Former Assistant to Ronald Reagan, Peggy Grande, on Her Years with...
Peggy Grande, author of "The President Will See You Now: My Stories and Lessons from Ronald Reagan's Final Years," talks to the Illinois Channel...
Illinois Bicentennial, 1818-2018: From 2011, Professor Allen Guelzo, of Gettysburg...
From 2011: At the Abraham Lincoln Association's annual dinner, Professor Allen Guelzo of Gettysburg College talks about the twisted legacy of Abraham Lincoln, as...
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From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library: We talk with historian and fmr military officer, Mark DePue on his work of conducting indepth oral history...