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Contact Us
For ALPLM inquiries, contact us at 217-558-8844. Department and staff phone numbers and emails can be found in the Staff Directory.
4/19/2024
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The Mr. Lincoln Theater
Visitors to Mr. Lincoln Theater can select from over 20 newly-created video segments highlighting ALPLM since its opening 2005.
3/21/2024
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History Lesson
Enhance your daytime event by inviting one of our distinguished historians to give a 30-minute educational and entertaining history lesson to your group.
1/15/2021
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Lincoln’s Critical Month: April 1861
Document donated to Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum puts the spotlight on a key moment in the Civil War ... and in all of American history.
5/2/2024
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Treasured Women
For Women's History Month, a look at the women connected to artifacts displayed in our Treasures Gallery.
3/21/2024
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Was Lincoln 'removed' from Southern presidential ballots?
Claims that Lincoln was left off Southern ballots in 1860 don't account for the way elections were conducted back then.
1/26/2024
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PD in Your PJs: “We Sing the Jubilee:” Using Music to Teach the Civil War
Virtual via ZOOM
1/22/2024
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Gettysburg Address Historical Talk
In-Person at the ALPLM
11/20/2023
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PD in Your PJs -- Setting the Record Straight: What Ended the Civil War
Virtual via Zoom
9/23/2023
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History Happy Hour - Top Hits of the Civil War: Part 2
In-person at Anvil & Forge Brewing and Distilling
8/30/2023
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Tales from the Vault: The State of Sound
In-person in the ALPLM library's Multi-Purpose Room and virtually via Facebook LIVE!
5/4/2023
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PD in Your PJs: Setting the Record Straight: What Caused the Civil War
Virtual via ZOOM
4/17/2023
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FINDING AND DEFINING ‘HOME’ IN ILLINOIS
A Lincoln historian appreciates getting to know the lives of three other people with Illinois roots
3/29/2023
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PD in Your PJs: Lincoln Said That... Didn't He?!?
Virtual via ZOOM
1/30/2023
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Mary Lincoln in Private
Letter shows the Lincolns as a young couple managing the typical concerns of middle-class life.
1/23/2023
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A nightmarish vision of the Battle of Bull Run
Art historian Mark Pohlad examines an ALPLM painting that seems to blend the Civil War, World War I and the artist's own nightmares into a single powerful image.
12/6/2022
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Lincoln and Thanksgiving
At the urging of a magazine "editress," Abraham Lincoln called for a day of thanksgiving on the last Thursday of November. It was a major step in making Thanksgiving the tradition we know today.
11/23/2022
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Gettysburg Address: Honoring the last full measure of devotion
A Lincoln historian puts the spotlight on the meaning and power of the overly familiar words of the Gettysburg Address.
11/15/2022
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PD in Your PJs: What is Truth?
Virtual via ZOOM
10/24/2022
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ALPLM History Happy Hour: Top Hits of the Civil War
In-person at Anvil & Forge Brewing and Distilling in downtown Springfield
9/21/2022
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President-Elect Lincoln Takes his Stand
As the nation was falling apart, Abraham Lincoln grappled with what to say after being sworn in as the new president
9/8/2022
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Waving the Stars and Stripes for Stephen Douglas
It took ingenuity and some careful planning, but a rare and colorful banner supporting Stephen Douglas can now be seen at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
8/30/2022
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Grant Turns 200: A Closer Look at his Life and Legacy
In-Person in the ALPLM Multipurpose Room and Virtual on the ALPLM Facebook page
4/27/2022
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Tales from the Vault: From Springfield to Hildene -- The Women of the Lincoln Family
In-Person at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and Virtual via Facebook LIVE!
3/3/2022
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About a Book
One book leads an ALPLM staffer on a journey of discovery.
8/24/2021
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Did Lincoln say that? Nope, not this time.
Lincoln's Lyceum Address is considered his first great speech. It is often misquoted today.
7/27/2021
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Lincoln Draws the Line on Slavery
Abraham Lincoln asks himself if slavery and democracy can co-exist.
2/23/2021
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Artifact Spotlight: Laura Keene Dress
A bloodstained piece of fabric highlights the true cost of freedom.
1/5/2021
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Artifact Spotlight - Huron Map
One of Lincoln's careers was surveying, and he made many maps, including of some places that never existed.
12/15/2020
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Chicago Sings the Union
In a time before recorded video and sound, sheet music was a way to get a message to the masses.
12/15/2020
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Fido at the ALPLM
One of America's most iconic dogs was owned by one of America's most famous presidents.
11/16/2020
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Abraham Lincoln launches his first campaign
A young Abraham Lincoln, still new to town, decides to run for office on a platform of investing in infrastructure.
11/10/2020
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Lincoln Counting the Votes
Two documents in the ALPLM collection show Lincoln counting votes from elections at very different points in his career, a reminder that he was not just a statesman but also a shrewd politician.
11/4/2020
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Booker T. Washington Visits the Lincoln Home
One champion of racial equality visits the home of another.
7/30/2020
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Andrew Jackson Smith
Weathering a storm of blood and lead, one man earns his place in history among the din of battle.
7/20/2020
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Q & A. Lincoln
The best source for Lincoln questions and answers is from a Lincoln historian.
7/20/2020
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An Instrument of Freedom
The Emancipation Proclamation is not as simple as it may first seem.
7/20/2020
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