Dancers at the Lincoln Log Cabin Civil War Ball mix and mingle during the Broom Dance on June 15.
The Broom Dance requires participants to find a new partner whenever the band stops playing.
The...
One hundred sixty years ago, the nation held its breath as a political act like never before swept through the fields of Illinois.
On July 31, 1868, Abraham Lincoln threw his hat into the race for an...
As a child, sports never interested him. Instead, Tom Vance rather go exploring and better understand nature. That's why he became an Eagle Scout. Vance got his degrees at the University of Illinois...
The Five Mile House is putting on a “lunch-and-learn” where members of the Academy of Lifelong Learning at Eastern will be able to go and learn the history of the house.
The Academy for Life Long...
Booth Library will be putting on an Abraham Lincoln panel discussion about race and slavery at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Coleman Hall Auditorium.
Beth Heldebrandt, the public relations director for Booth...
Luis Martinez, Entertainment Editor
• September 30, 2015
The next presentation in Booth Library’s latest exhibition, “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War,” focuses on the topic of the anti-slavery movement during the Civil War.
The presentation,...
