Lincoln believed that slavery was morally wrong and, like Douglas, he opposed it, although the two differed on how to end it. While his thinking evolved in the White House, Lincoln's advocacy for ...

Major said the Lincoln statue is the equivalent of 12 to 15 feet tall if he were standing and weighs 1,700 pounds. READ: Coronavirus: Clark State provides fall return dates, reopening plans ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — With the nation racing to come to grips with centuries of racial sins, officials plan to remove the Capitol lawn statue of Stephen A. Douglas, whose forceful 19th century ...

Grass will be seeded in the spots where the statues once stood. A statue of Stephen Douglas stands in front of the east entrance to the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., on Aug. 19, 2020.

A 1,700-pound bronze sculpture created for the Dayton VA Medical Center campus was delivered to Dayton from Urbana on June 16, 2020.