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Abraham Lincoln, Illinois

Abraham Lincoln's home village is getting a refresh

President Abraham Lincoln moved to New Salem, Ill., a log cabin village where he would stay until 1837. Now, the re-created historical site is set to get an $8 million makeover.

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Young Abraham Lincoln’s tiny Illinois town is due for a makeover

Before his famous debates, before the Civil War rent the nation, before he helped end slavery and before his tragic assassination, Abraham Lincoln had New Salem.

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New Salem, an Illinois village with ties to Abraham Lincoln, getting a refresh after years of neglect

The tiny central Illinois village, where Lincoln accidentally spent half-a-dozen years in the 1830s, perhaps did as much to prepare him to be the Union-saving 16th president as any other aspect of his humble yet remarkable life.

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Campaign celebrating Abraham Lincoln's Illinois roots goes from Freeport to Jonesboro

The exhibits help residents and visitors learn more about Abraham Lincoln ... including the Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site in nearby Lerna. This is the preserved home of Thomas ...

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Infusion of funds for Lincoln site comes after critics called it 'dilapidated'

New Salem is a reconstruction of a village where Abraham Lincoln lived ... be used to repair up to 23 log village buildings and update the outdoor theater at Lincoln's New Salem, about two ...

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