(AP Photo/John O’Connor) Illinois state Sen. Steve McClure, R-Springfield, is seen on Monday, March 10, 2025 in front of the ...

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An auction of materials relating to U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, upcoming at Freeman's | Hindman, may bring as much as $4 ...

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Before his famous debates, before the Civil War rent the nation, before he helped end slavery and before his tragic assassination, Abraham Lincoln had New Salem. The tiny central Illinois village ...

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Abraham Lincoln had New Salem. The tiny central Illinois village, where Lincoln accidentally spent half-a-dozen years in the 1830s, perhaps did as much to prepare him to be the Union-saving 16th ...

(AP) — Before his famous debates, before the Civil War rent the nation, before he helped end slavery and before his tragic assassination, Abraham Lincoln had New Salem. The tiny central Illinois ...