Dave Joens has led the Illinois State Archives, the government agency tasked with preserving official government documents ...

The Edwardsville IL based history museum and library will focus its 2025 lectures on Abraham Lincoln and features four events ...

Check out the latest exhibits and events Central Illinois museums, galleries and historic sites have to offer.

The sesquicentennial (150-year, upper left) and centennial (upper right) designs for the Illinois state flag are candidates ...

It means a lot to me to open this staple up. My dad brought me in when I was a kid,” said William “Bill” Pope, who purchased the parlor last October.

Visiting Abraham Lincoln's birthplace and early childhood home within the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park ...

Illinois, the Prairie State, is known for its towering skyscrapers, charming small towns and diverse neighborhoods. According to Census population data, the Illinois population is the fifth-largest in ...

The story of President Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train will be the topic for the Vernon County Historical Society’s first ...

The American Alliance for Equal Rights, a nonprofit group led by conservative legal activist Edward Blum, claims the law ...

Indiana legislators would like to redraw the Indiana-Illinois border to absorb parts of Illinois, but the proposed action ...

By: Cris Kohl The big current news is the pending inauguration of a new U. S. president. The Jan. 20 swearing-in of Donald ...

The president-elect eschewed the star-spangled “Trump Bible” in favor of volumes with personal and national history.