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The Edgar Speaker Series returns this year with the state of Illinois Historian Sam Wheeler at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Buzzard Hall Auditorium.

Former Governor Jim Edgar will give an introduction speech, and Wheeler will discuss the Illinois Bicentennial.

Wheeler is a serving member of the Illinois Bicentennial Commission and director of research and collections at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield.

The Edgar Series was founded in 2007 and invites at least one speaker to campus every year to give a speech.

According to EIU 360, the series typically focuses on state government and focuses on current issues offering historical implications.

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