On March 4, the Clark County Heritage Center will be most exclusive Gettysburg address in the nation when the Springfield Civil War Symposium dedicates its entire program to the war’s pivotal battle ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Hundreds turned out to celebrate the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation on Saturday at the Old State Capitol in Springfield. Lincoln ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- No one knows their names, nor even their precise number. But this much was certain to those who gathered at Springfield National Cemetery: These fallen Union soldiers deserved a ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library is marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The Springfield library has a new exhibit opening that features pictures, letters, ...

The early edition of The Republican ran the story headline "The President Dying," and also reported the near fatal attack on Secretary of State William Seward. We also discovered there actually was a ...

SPRINGFIELD - Parts of downtown Springfield will be changed into a Civil War field hospital next month. The event - from June 5 to 7- is part of the year-long celebration of Abraham Lincoln's 200th ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The U.S. Attorney’s Office filed a civil forfeiture action against a rare Civil War-era firearm believed to have been unlawfully removed from the Springfield Armory. The ...

Its artifacts survived the Civil War. The museum itself survived a pandemic. Springfield's Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Museum will open its doors July 1 for the first time since fall 2019.

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LUDLOW — A 37-year-old Springfield man will be cited for three motor vehicle violations after the 2003 Toyota Avalon he was reportedly driving struck and toppled one of the oldest Civil War monuments ...

SPRINGFIELD – As a young child, Mary Jo McDonald spent years in foster care and was on the list to be adopted by a new family. That all changed when her troubled mother found the strength to change.