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Iles House Videos

2017 Fireside Chats

Sep 21
Abraham Lincoln and the Todd Women, Erika Holst
Sep 13
“Cousin Lizzie” Elizabeth Jane Todd Grimsley Brown, Richard E. Hart
Sep 6
The Women in Lincoln’s Neighborhood, Bonnie Paull

2017 Porchside Chat

June 23
Thomas Lincoln Reconsidered, Roundtable Discussion with Steve Haaff, William E. Bartlett, R. Dale Ogden, Brian Dirck, Matthew Mittelstaedt, and Richard E. Hart

2016 Fireside Chats

Oct 26
Archeological Investigations for the Carpenter Street Underpass Project, Floyd Mansberger
Oct 19
Establishing Springfield, Linda Garvert
Oct 12
An Evening With Mark MacDonald

2016 Porchside Chats

Jul 7
The Admiral’s Sea Stories, ADM Ron Thunman
Jun 23
A Life Spent With Lincoln, Dr Wayne Temple
Jul 21
Lincoln’s Last Year in Illinois, Ron Spears;

May 27
Thomas Lincoln Reconsidered, Charles Strozier and Richard E. Hart

Abraham Lincoln Essay Contest Winners Read Their Compositions

2016
Janie Sutherd (Third Place, Lanphier H.S.),
Julia Mitchell (Second Place, Springfield Southeast H.S.),
Anna Benoit (First Place, Sacred Heart-Griffin H.S.)
2017
Ka’Dia Dhatnubia (Third Place, Calvary H.S.),
Jessica Heumann (Second Place, Springfield H.S.),
John Francis Stegman (First Place, Sacred Heart-Griffin H.S.)
2018
Bryce Griebler (Third Place, Springfield H.S.),
Emily Ducaji (Second Place, Sacred Heart-Griffin H.S.),
Sage Thompson (First Place, Springfield Southeast H.S.)

To observe each anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln; to preserve and make more readily accessible the landmarks associated with his life; and to actively encourage, promote and aid the collection and dissemination of authentic information regarding all phases of his life and career.

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