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Civil War 150th Heating Up

March 2024
1min read

 Electronic technician Ed Anderson makes last-minute checks of the new Illinois Gallery at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum in Springfield, Illinois, which displays a Civil War timeline superimposed over Fort Sumter in flames. The exhibit, “Team of Rivals,” showcases Lincoln’s decision making as war broke out. It runs until August 15, 2011. www.alplm.org

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