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Christmas tree substitutes
By Tara McClellan McAndrew
Tags: Community & Lifestyle
Christmas 100 years ago
Give unique holiday gifts
Many Springfield stores offer handmade, one-of-a-kind gifts
Centennial of shame
The East St. Louis race riot of 1917, one of the worst in American history
Tags: Community & Lifestyle, History
Slavery in the Land of Lincoln
Illinois held slaves for more than 100 years
Historic Christmas
Six historic sites welcome visitors for holiday tour
Tags: Community & Lifestyle, Holiday
Lincoln’s Election Day in Springfield
How sick was Lincoln?
Springfield author’s new book separates fact from myth
When Springfield’s competing streetcars came to blows
Secrets uncovered by 1950s drought
Springfield’s Ladies Aid supported Civil War soldiers
When Lincoln’s friend was killed just as war began
Springfield history in old newspaper photos
Lincoln, the tax-and-spend president
Illinois’ first black legislator
African-American history museum opens with photo exhibit
The man behind Sears’ success got his start here
A soldier’s Christmas in the Civil War
Acorn-planting day at Lincoln Memorial Garden
Losing her mind, the movie
Springfield filmmaker captures a disturbing play, The Yellow Wallpaper, on video
Celebrating history through the arts
When Lincoln held office hours in Springfield
The science lab at the Statehouse
Mt. Pulaski celebrates a colorful 175 years
From Springfield to the Baseball Hall of Fame
Belly Laffs V
@ Laguna Brava Mexican Restaurant
Sat., March 30, 8 p.m.
Photographing history
By Dean Olsen
John Mellencamp more than rocks
By Tom Irwin
My curriculum not the reason kids can’t read
By Lucy Calkins
Home alone
By George Pawlaczyk