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The Illinois History News section provides access to all State of Illinois press releases that have been published about Illinois history and historical sites.

12/03/2010 - Governor Quinn Names New Executive Director of Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
SPRINGFIELD – December 3, 2010. Governor Pat Quinn today named Eileen R. Mackevich as the new executive director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM). Mackevich is the former executive director of the national Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.
11/03/2009 - Oral History of Illinois Agriculture Website Launched
SPRINGFIELD – Anyone with a computer can now see and hear the history of Illinois agriculture told by the people who lived it. Today, during a news conference, the Illinois State Museum launched the Audio-Video Barn website (http://avbarn.museum.state.il.us), featuring 300 hours of interviews with more than 130 people involved with agriculture in Illinois over the past 129 years. The website is the culmination of a two-year Oral History of Illinois Agriculture project led by the Illinois State Museum and Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
05/20/2009 - A taste of the old life
Pioneer Life Summer Day Camp at Lincoln’s New Salem gives students a chance to experience life in the 1830s
05/15/2009 - Chicago’s Inland Steel Building, Spiegel Office Building, and Independence Park listed in National Register of Historic Places
05/12/2009 - Wine sales benefit history
05/11/2009 - LaSalle’s Julius W. Hegeler the First Home listed in National Register of Historic Places
05/08/2009 - Elgin’s Wing Park Golf Course listed in National Register of Historic Places
05/06/2009 - History is child’s play

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