Are Computer Keyboards Killing Cursive?
With the rise of computers and electronic communications, educators have all but written off penmanship. And kids who don’t learn to write cursive tend...» E-Mail This
View ArticleMadigan Wants To Split Lincoln Library, But Why The Rush?
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is reviving his end-of-session effort to make the Springfield-based Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and...» E-Mail This
View ArticleNew Ken Bradbury Play Explores Lincoln's Last Hours
It's not all that often that a play begins at the end - but that's exactly the case for a new work by Illinois author Ken Bradbury. In the one-act, one...» E-Mail This
View ArticleNew Exhibit On Lincoln's "Undying Words"
Visitors to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum will have a rare opportunity to see some important historical documents and others items pertaining...» E-Mail This
View ArticleSpecial Events In 2015 At Lincoln Presidential Library And Museum
In 2015, it will have been 150 years since Abraham Lincoln died. It will also be the tenth anniversary of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and...» E-Mail This
View ArticleKen Bradbury's 'The Last Full Measure' Performed By Fritz Klein
Thursday will mark the 206th year since Abraham Lincoln was born. Ken Bradbury, a prolific Illinois playwright, wrote a one-man, one-act play called ...
View ArticleLincoln Legacy Lectures Broadcast: Lincoln's Funeral
Listen to the WUIS broadcast of the 12th Annual Lincoln Legacy Lectures, recorded at UIS Brookens Auditorium in October - a presentation of the UIS...
View ArticleLincoln Remembered On 150th Anniversary of Death
A day of remembrance was held at the state capital Wednesday for President Abraham Lincoln, on the 150th anniversary of his death. The ceremony included...
View ArticleEdwards Place Restoration: Oldest Home In Springfield Gets A Major Face-Lift
If you've made your way to the Springfield Art Association over in the Enos Park neighborhood, you certainly noticed the large brick pale-pink home with...
View ArticleInterview: What's Up With The Lincoln Funeral Recreation?
If you live in Springfield and ever pick up a newspaper, listen to the radio, or watch local TV- chances are incredibly slim that you don't already know...
View ArticleTweeting Lincoln's Death
The nation went into mourning when, just after the Civil War had finally ended, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. No one alive today can remember, but a...
View ArticleLincoln Legacy Lectures Broadcast: Lincoln's Funeral
Listen to the WUIS broadcast of the 12th Annual Lincoln Legacy Lectures, recorded at UIS Brookens Auditorium in October - a presentation of the UIS...
View ArticleA Preview of the Illinois Symphony Orchestra's "The Lincoln Train" Concerts
Yona Stamatis talks with Alastair Willis, Dale Rogers, and Ralph Shank about the Illinois Symphony Orchestra's "Lincoln Train" concerts this weekend at...
View Article150 Years Later, Lincoln Funeral Procession Retraced
It was weeks after Abraham Lincoln's death in mid-April, that has body made it from Washington, D.C. back to Springfield, Illinois. The lifting of a...
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