Illinois race riot site deemed suitable for monument status September 15, 2019 11:09 am|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A central Illinois congressman says a Springfield site linked to the city’s 1908 race…
Museum to mark anniversary of Lincoln buying Illinois home April 12, 2019 11:32 am|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield plans a celebration to mark…
1908 race riot site could become National Historic Monument January 7, 2019 12:23 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A central Illinois congressman has introduced a measure to designate the site of 1908…
Groups propose Fox River as federally designated water trail October 9, 2018 11:47 am|AURORA, Ill. (AP) – Local leaders and nonprofit groups are looking into turning the Fox River in Illinois…
Chicago church where King preached getting federal funding March 13, 2018 12:32 pm|CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago will receive $445,000 from the federal government to preserve a church on the city’s…
Funding, indifference impede Pullman restoration as monument February 20, 2018 12:59 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — It has been nearly three years since former President Barack Obama designated part of Chicago’s…
Group raising money to restore historic Illinois bridge August 24, 2017 11:42 am|LONG GROVE, Ill. (AP) — A group of residents is trying to raise $100,000 to preserve a historic covered…
Chicago museum gets $82K grant to preserve WWII submarine July 8, 2017 8:12 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — The National Park Service has awarded a grant to Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry to…
Soil contamination may delay plans for Pullman monument site April 21, 2017 8:21 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — A cleanup of contaminants left at the Pullman National Monument site on Chicago’s South Side from…
Lincoln Home Visitors Boosted Economy by Nearly $13M in 2014 April 24, 2015 1:45 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The National Park Service reports that 218,000 visitors to the Lincoln Home National Historic…
Park Service to Mark 150 yrs Since Lincoln Funeral April 6, 2015 1:44 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The National Park Service plans to mark the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s funeral…