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Springfield, IL
Joined March 2009
#AbrahamLincoln on family life in Springfield. #AbeSays By the way, the illustration shows the Lincoln home as it would have looked before they added a second story. Source: ow.ly/PA6Q50ZZWpg
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🌼📚 Celebrate Día de los Muertos at Little Lincoln’s Fireside Tales! Join us Oct. 27 for stories, crafts, and play exploring this colorful tradition of remembrance. 👧 Ages 0–5 🎟️ FREE! Two sessions available. Registration required. 🔗 presidentlincoln.illinois.go…
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🎃👻 Get spooky at ALPLM this Saturday, Oct. 24! Enjoy Halloween fun, eerie selfies, DJ Dino-mite, a séance with Mrs. Lincoln & more! 🕓 4:30–6:30 p.m. 🎟️ FREE! Costumes encouraged! 🎃 Halloween parade to follow! 🔗 presidentlincoln.illinois.go… #AbesHauntedHollow #ALPLM
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🎙️ @HISTORY Channel Podcast Comes to ALPLM! Join us Nov. 6 for a FREE live recording of HISTORY This Week with Sally Helm and Lincoln scholar Jonathan W. White! 📜 PLUS: See one of just five handwritten copies of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address! 🎟️ Register: presidentlincoln.illinois.go…
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📚 Educators, earn 6.5 CPDUs! Join our FREE virtual book club exploring the role of Native Americans in the American Revolution. 📅 Oct. 27 | 6 p.m. 💻 Virtual 🎓 6.5 CPDUs for reading the book and attending Register: presidentlincoln.illinois.go…
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#AbrahamLincoln's proclamations of #thanksgiving during the #CivilWar helped establish the day as a national holiday celebrated on the last Thursday of November. #AbeSays Source: ow.ly/TTPb50ZZbfZ
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✨ Discover the women who shaped the White House! Join author and White House insider Anita McBride for a fascinating look at America's first ladies. 📅 Oct. 27 | 6:30 pm 📍 ALPLM 🎟️ FREE! Registration required. Plus, see rare Mary Lincoln artifacts! 🔗 presidentlincoln.illinois.go…
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🎨 We're hiring a Graphic Arts Designer! Bring your creativity to a world-class museum! We are looking for a talented graphic designer with a passion for visual storytelling, strong design skills, and an eye for detail. 🔗 Apply today: illinois.jobs2web.com/job-in…
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#AbrahamLincoln's response to Grace Bedell, the girl who wrote to him and suggested he would do better in politics if he grew a beard. Despite his hesitation, he eventually decided in favor of the beard. #AbeSays Source: ow.ly/qWgU50PYpqb
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🎨 Calling all young Illinois artists! The ALPLM and @ISBEnews are teaming up for the 2027 Student Art Contest! 🖌️ Theme: My Community, My Story 🏆 Winning art displayed at ALPLM 📅 Deadline: Dec. 18 🔗 presidentlincoln.illinois.go…
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🎬 FREE movie TONIGHT at the ALPLM! Our America 250 Movie Series continues with "All the President’s Men," the gripping story of the Watergate investigation. 📅 Friday, October 16 | 6:30 p.m. 📍 ALPLM Union Theater 🎟️ Admission is FREE, register at presidentlincoln.illinois.go…
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#AbrahamLincoln and Stephen Douglas met in Alton for the last for their seven debates today in 1858. While Douglas won their Senate race, Lincoln emerged from the debates as a national voice against #slavery, putting him in position to win the presidency in 1860.
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As a presidential candidate, #AbrahamLincoln assured people that he did not want to deepen divisions with slave states. It did no good. Southern states started announcing secession shortly after his election. #AbeSays Source: ow.ly/XnjX50ZXn0a
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Our director, Christina Shutt, recently spoke to @foxillinois about Mary Lincoln's interest in spiritualism and seances, as well as our plans for a spooky, free event on Oct. 24. Take a look! foxillinois.com/features/mor…
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A year after losing his Senate race to Stephen Douglas, #AbrahamLincoln was still optimistic that opposition to #slavery's spread would ultimately carry the day. He was right. #AbeSays Source: ow.ly/uBIU50ZXlZC
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#AbrahamLincoln and Stephen Douglas met for the sixth of their seven debates today in 1858. Lincoln condemned #slavery but also rejected "political and social equality between the white and black races." His views would change significantly before his death in 1865.
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#AbrahamLincoln regularly found new ways to mock Stephen Douglas's weak attempts to justify #slavery. #AbeSays Source: ow.ly/8uoa50ZX1yX
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