Archive for the Springfield History Category

Old State Capitol Essentials

Posted on June 1, 2009 by admin

Any trip to Springfield is incomplete without a trip to the Old State Capitol in downtown Springfield. The site is where many of Illinois’ greatest politicians argued, including an A. Lincoln with his historic, “House Divided” speech. Besides that and President Obama’s presidential run announcement and Vice Presidential announcement, here are a few more to [...]

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Lincoln Hub Tour

Posted on April 22, 2009 by admin

The Looking for Lincoln website has a nice collection of self guided hub tours of cities that Lincoln affected in some way, including Springfield of course. Springfield has the largest concentration of Lincoln related sites in Illinois. So the hub tour is 3 to 4 days in length, and although most people who live in [...]

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Vachel Lindsay Home in Springfield

Posted on March 19, 2009 by admin

If you are in Springfield, check out the The Vachel Lindsay Home, located just south of the Illinois Executive Mansion. his former home is a [...]

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