Articles filed under Illinois Bicentennial
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Federal prosecutor named to lead fight against fraud related to COVID-19Mar 23, 2020 6:31 am - A federal prosecutor has been named to lead the fight against fraud related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Northern District of Illinois, U.S. Attorney John R. Lausch, ...
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Girls tennis: Absences pave way for others to step up in Northwest suburbsAug 22, 2019 4:37 pm - It's a season of change for the Northwest suburbs' girls tennis scene. Four prominent players, all state qualifiers including last year's Class 2A state doubles fourth-p...
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Illinois 200: Gray's legacy leaves a bridge to the future for southern IllinoisDec 09, 2018 5:44 pm - In 1956, a little-known freshman congressman from Franklin County in southern Illinois gave his first major speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, rec...
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Cuba Road Phantoms? Lake Michigan Sea Serpent? Illinois' hair-raising history of beasts and legendsDec 07, 2018 5:23 am - Illinois boasts a hair-raising history rife with spine-tingling stories — and that's just with politics. The state's heritage brims with tall tales of mythic beasts, s...
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Illinois 200: Illinois provides the setting for cinema favoritesNov 30, 2018 9:57 am - Maybe Illinois has produced so many cool movies because it offers such a vastly diverse spectrum of locations to tell highly visual stories. Or maybe our state has pumpe...
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Illinois 200: Barack Obama's political career in Illinois helped shape his presidencyNov 12, 2018 6:47 am - A decade ago, he claimed victory in the presidential campaign from Grant Park in Chicago. He announced his run - and later his running mate - on ground trod by Abraham L...
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Illinois 200: 350,000 from here went to fight in Europe during World War INov 05, 2018 5:27 am - Artie Bennett, a Marine from downstate Clinton, was cut down by a hail of bullets 100 years ago in a far-flung foreign field, giving his life for his country in America'...
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Suburban residents among 200 veterans state will honor as part of bicentennialOct 26, 2018 9:56 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Bicentennial organizers and the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs have named 200 military veterans to honor during the state's 200th birthd...
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Saukenuk, at present-day Rock Island, was once home to the warrior Black HawkOct 21, 2018 8:26 am - Most people know about the Great Chicago Fire, but there's a lot more to Illinois history than that. Native American settlements thousands of years old, the battle o...
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David Davis Mansion home to Abraham Lincoln's strongest advocateOct 14, 2018 9:19 am - Grand manors make up the skylines of many Illinois communities, but the history encapsulated at the David Davis Mansion in Bloomington makes it stand out. Built in 1872 ...
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