State House and Independence Square
"The State House group is seen here from Walnut Street northward across Independence Square. The County Court House extension can just be seen through
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Lincoln Bicentennial (1809-2009): Celebrate the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth with writings on his life, educational material for children, timelines, a quiz, and booklists of the best Lincoln scholarship.
The Lincoln Institute: A forum for Lincoln scholars and enthusiasts that has articles on different aspects of his life.
Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress: The Library of Congress holds the original papers of Abraham Lincoln and has digitized many of the 20,000 documents and made them available online.
Abraham Lincoln (1930): Watch the 1930 biographical film by D. W. Griffith in its entirety.
Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project: This resource presents historical materials from Abraham Lincoln's Illinois years (1830-1861), including images, maps, and video, as well as other materials illuminating antebellum Illinois.
Abraham Lincoln’s Crossroads: Play the Lincoln video game that allows you to make the hard choices Lincoln faced in politics. Appropriate for ages 10 and up.