Sen Dick Durbin’s Address on Lincoln’s Leadership
Delivered on Lincoln's 203rd birthday, before the Abraham Lincoln Association annual dinner, Sen Dick Durbin talks of the many memorials of Lincoln in the...
Over Many Years, Illinois Makes Its Mark in the Nation’s Capital
Washington -- In the nation's Capital, the reminders of Illinois' impact on US history are never far away.
In this whimsical report, reporter, Marianna Brady,...
Richard Norton Smith: The Colonel: The life and legend of Robert...
From the Illinois Channel Archives (May, 2004): From our "Illinois Books & Authors" series, our 2004 interview with Historian and author, Richard Norton Smith, as...
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...
The Politics Behind Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address
Taped at the Union League Club of Chicago, on the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's inauguration, Dr David Zarefsky analyzes Lincoln's first inaugural address,...
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...
Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum to Showcase the Historic Cubs-Cardinals Baseball...
SPRINGFIELD – Blue vs. red, bear vs. bird, north vs. south – the competition between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals has divided...
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...
Lincoln and the Election of 1864
From Springfield, 2014: Dr. Tom Schwartz, who was the Illinois State Historian from 1993 to 2011, and is currently the director of the Herbert...
History on Trial: The Alton School Cases
The Alton School Cases were a series of seven circuit court trials and five Illinois Supreme Court appeals from 1897 to 1908, in which...
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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...