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UGRR ExhibitUnderground Railroad traveling exhibit
Current News
FILM PREMIERE: "From Courtroom to Capital: Lincoln’s Path to the Presidency
Thursday, October 9, 2025
The public is invited to the premier of the new short film highlighting the people, places, and events on the 8th Judicial Circuit that prepared Abraham Lincoln for the national stage.
Looking for Lincoln Receives Award from the AASLH
Monday, September 15, 2025
The Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition is proud to be the recipient of the Award of Excellence from the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) for our traveling exhibit, ‘Journey to Freedom: Illinois’ Underground Railroad.’
Union Pacific Brings Lincoln Locomotive to Springfield, IL July 1
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Union Pacific will bring its Abraham Lincoln Locomotive to Springfield Illinois on July 1, to note the railroad’s 163rd birthday.
Regional Highlight
In 1842, Dr. Richard Eells was arrested and charged with harboring and secreting a fugitive slave, and fined $400 by Judge Stephen Douglas. He then lost in the Illinois Supreme Court. The case was later heard by the US Supreme Court, after Eell's death, which also upheld the ruling. Eells estate was represented by Salmon P. Chase and William Seward future secretaries of treasury and state in the Lincoln administration.