Springfield, Illinois
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Springfield is the capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County. Its population was 114,394 at the 2020 United States census, making it the state's seventh-most po
Old Illinois State Capitol, Adams Street, Springfield, IL 53330437646
Dana Thomas House, Lawrence Avenue and 4th Street, Springfield, IL 53322374502
Illinois State Museum
Lincoln Tomb in Spring
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Illinois is a state in the Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash and Ohio rivers to its south. Of the fifty U.S. sta
Springfield, Illinois
…Springfield is the capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County. Its population was 114,394 at the 2020 United States census, making it the state's seventh-most populous city…
Mississippian copper plate found at the Saddle Site in Union County, Illinois
The bell donated by King Louis XV in 1741 to the French mission at Kaskaskia. It was later called the "Liberty Bell of the West", after it was rung to celebrate U.S. victory in the Revolution
Old State Capitol: Abraham Lincoln and other area legislators were instrumental in moving the state capitol to centrally located Springfield in 1839.
Union troops embarking at Cairo on January 10, 1862