SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A 31-foot tall statue of Abraham Lincoln will make its debut this week in Springfield after stops in Chicago and Peoria.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield plans a celebration to mark the 175th anniversary of Lincoln's purchase of his home.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will offer free admission and special events to celebrate Lincoln's birthday.

Museum officials say admission will be free on Feb. 12 — what would have been Lincoln's 210th birthday.

Historic interpreters portraying the nation's 16th president and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, will visit with museum guests.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is launching a new educational program designed tell the history of the nation's 16th president through the telling of stories behind specific objects linked to him.

The program is called, "If Objects Talked." Among the artifacts experts will show and explain is a toy canon that belonged to one of Lincoln's sons and an invitation to another son's birthday party.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s 90th birthday anniversary Monday.

Actor Reggie Guyton (GYE'-tun) will read King's "I Have a Dream" speech at 10:30 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. in the museum's main plaza.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An ongoing project to digitize all of Abraham Lincoln's papers has received a grant.

Officials announced Tuesday that the Abraham Lincoln Association has given a $6,000 grant to the digitization project at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum .

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A state House committee plans a hearing to consider questions surrounding the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum .

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A container for gunpowder that Abraham Lincoln carried as a soldier during the Black Hawk War of 1832 is now on display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield.

In a news release, the library says Lincoln carried the powder horn during his months in the Illinois militia.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A University of Chicago scholar who led the construction of the first nuclear reactor and helped develop the first atomic bomb has been selected as Illinois' top scientist in history in an online vote.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — This is for anyone who wants to know about the days when the Great Emancipator was the Great Romancer.

In a news release, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield is offering walking tours in the downtown area to spots where Lincoln and his Mary Todd Lincoln met, broke up, reunited, married, and lived before they moved to the White House.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — First ladies are getting their own day in in the Illinois state capital.

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is celebrating the lives of the first ladies of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama.

The June 14 event is called "History Sparkles." Four historians stationed around the museum will give brief presentations and take questions about Mary Lincoln, Julia Grant, Nancy Reagan and Michelle Obama.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The foundation that supports the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois, is selling a black dress once owned by movie star Marilyn Monroe to raise funds to repay a loan used to buy artifacts relating to the 16th president and keep the presidential relics available for public viewing.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Indiana couple has donated two Civil War documents signed by Abraham Lincoln to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield.

The library said Wednesday that the documents are passes Lincoln wrote allowing a mother and two sisters to visit prisoners of war at Fort Delaware. The passes are about the size of a business card and have been in the family of Hank and Anna Dowler of Greenwood, Indiana since the end of the Civil War.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Documents from the first three decades of Abraham Lincoln's life are now available online for the public to access.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Bicentennial Commission is asking Sangamon County schoolchildren to donate pennies so it can buy an 1830s-era Abraham Lincoln document.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield is preparing to unveil a new exhibit on four U.S. presidents with ties to Illinois.

It'll explore what they had in common and how their time in the state affected their lives.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield kicked off its celebration of the 16th president's birthday with an announcement that it has received two donations for its collection.

Museum officials said Friday that they've received an angry letter the not-yet president wrote and a painting of an even younger Lincoln taking a break from chopping book to read a book.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — This is for anyone who wants to tell the world about Abraham Lincoln.

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield is welcoming new volunteers at a Feb. 1 information session. Officials at the library and museum officials will spell out to people to how they might help greet visitors, assist at events, help researchers, and what they will need to know about the library and museum before they can volunteer there.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Students in five Illinois counties will get some help paying for their trip to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield.

The museum says in a news release that grants that will go toward transportation costs and admission fees come from the John Ulrich Foundation. Schools can apply online . The application deadline is Feb. 7.

LOCKPORT, Ill. (AP) — A northern Illinois historian has found what appears to be a pressed flower from Abraham Lincoln's casket.

Will County Historical Society president Sandy Vasko tells The Daily Southtown she found it in a box belonging to the family of James Elwood, a Civil War soldier and former mayor of Joliet, which is outside Chicago.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The official beer of Illinois will be unveiled at the bicentennial kickoff at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield.

The beer is made by Hand of Fate Brewing in Petersburg, the Chicago Tribune reported. It will be formally announced at the bicentennial kickoff on Dec. 3.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — One of the five surviving copies of the Gettysburg Address written by Abraham Lincoln will be on display this month in Springfield.

Officials with the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum say the facility will have the copy available for the public to view from Nov. 13-26 to mark the anniversary of the speech. Lincoln delivered it Nov. 19, 1863 at the dedication of a cemetery for soldiers killed in the Battle of Gettysburg.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield is planning to honor the nation's military on Veterans Day.

In a news release, the library says that on Veterans Day -- Nov. 11 -- admission will be free to military personnel, veterans and families who have lost loved ones in combat.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is getting ready for the holidays with an exhibit showing how presidents have celebrated Christmas.

"Holidays at the White House" will feature photos and original artifacts from four presidents and their families. They are Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A visit to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield is fun and educational. But spooky?

On the night of Oct. 21, the museum will turn into a haunted house of sorts for its annual "Spooktacular Evening with Abe."

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library is releasing a collection of interviews that tell the story of high school sports in Illinois.

The Springfield-based museum says 54 interviews with players, coaches, referees and others are now available on the library's website .

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Officials of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum say the state is suspending a project searching the National Archives for papers written by Abraham Lincoln.

Library spokesman Chris Wills said in a statement that the search is on hold while the library focuses on handling 100,000 collected documents and deciding what additional material to gather.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A new exhibit at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will explore the state's connections to baseball, from Little League to the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox.

The exhibit opened Friday and will be on display in the Springfield library through the end of the year. It includes rare photographs, programs and artifacts such as a metal ball that was awarded after a state tournament in Rockford in 1865.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will offer summer walking tours of sites focused on the romance between the 16th president and Mary Todd.

Stops along the 1.5-mile walking tour will go past locations where they met, broke up, reunited and married. The tour is free and will be offered twice each Tuesday in June, July and August.

The tour will start at the museum and end at the First Presbyterian Church.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The author of a lengthy and well-regarded Abraham Lincoln biography will discuss his work in Springfield next month.

Sidney Blumenthal's "The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln" will run four volumes when it's finished. The second volume comes out this month.

Blumenthal will discuss his work and sign books on June 1 at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. The event is free.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A statue of John Wilkes Booth has been removed from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in the Illinois capital of Springfield.

Spokesman Christopher Wills told the (Springfield) State Journal-Register (http://bit.ly/2p8ORia ) that the statue of Lincoln's assassin had stood in a central plaza inside the museum and library since it opened in 2005.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Twitter account of the Republican National Committee has removed a tweet that included a quote wrongly attributed to Abraham Lincoln.

The tweet celebrating Lincoln's birthday was posted Sunday. It included a picture of the Lincoln Memorial and the quote, "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield has acquired historic documents related to Elijah P. Lovejoy after they were almost destroyed.

Lovejoy was a Presbyterian minister and journalist who was murdered by a pro-slavery mob in 1837 while defending his press, The Telegraph (http://bit.ly/2kejm3m ) reported.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is kicking off a new way to explore the state's history.

The museum announced the formation of the Illinois History Forum. Museum officials said Tuesday that the first meeting will be Jan. 12 and the topic will be the 16th president's neighborhood based on the book, "Lincoln's Springfield Neighborhood."

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is offering families a break from Black Friday stress with "Fun Frosty Friday" on Nov. 25.

At the presidential library, there will be an appearance by Santa Claus and free activities from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be face painting, games, balloon art and a life-sized Candyland game.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will host special events for veterans this month, including a day of free admission.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is hosting an event dedicated to teaching the public about past presidential pets.

The event gives the public the chance to learn about little-known pets, like Lincoln's two goats, named Nanny and Nanko, and other presidential companions like mockingbirds and possums.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield has planned an orientation session for potential volunteers.

Volunteers give about 40,000 hours of service annually to the library and museum. Museum officials say the value of that volunteer time over the past 11 years has been more than $10 million.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — There's good news for schools that haven't been able to visit the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield because they can't afford it.

The museum said Wednesday that schools can now apply for grants to help pay for a visit.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The trustees of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency have appointed a new state historian to direct collections and research at the state historical library.

Dr. Samuel Wheeler will also lead efforts to use Illinois' historical resources, such as museums, library collections and historic sites, to educate the public about Illinois' heritage.

The state historical library is a part of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum,...