BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - A new Lincoln exhibit at the McLean County Museum of History explores the 16th president's earlier life as a lawyer and his political activity in Bloomington.
The exhibit opening May 21 examines Lincoln's work as an attorney in McLean County and the Illinois Eighth Judicial Circuit.
Prior to his presidency, Bloomington is the city where Lincoln spent the most time outside of his hometown of Springfield. He tried more than 90 cases in McLean County. And Bloomington was an important backdrop for Lincoln's rise in the movement to stop the expansion of slavery.
The exhibit features interactive touchscreens on Lincoln's journey around the Eighth Circuit and on the so-called "Lost Speech" he delivered at Bloomington's Major's Hall.
There are also half a dozen artifacts reported to be associated with Lincoln.
