This Week in History March 1, 1842 Lincoln is admitted to practice law in the U.S. District Court. March 3, 1837 Lincoln and fellow Illinois legislator Dan Stone write a protest against slavery. March 4, 1865 President Lincoln is inaugurated for a second time and gives a now-famous address. Today in Lincoln's Life Lincoln's Words "I appeal to you again to constantly bear in mind that with you, and not with politicians, not with Presidents, not with office-seekers, but with you, is the question, "Shall the Union and shall the liberties of this country be preserved to the latest generation?" --Speech to Gov. Morton in Indianapolis, February 11, 1861

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News Highlights Call for Papers (JALA) Historian Ronald Rietveld Dies at 88 Author James Swanson Dies at 66 Wayne Temple Obituary Historian Wayne Temple Dies at 101 Remembering "Doc" Temple Presidential Foundation to Auction Lincoln Artifacts Illinois Commits Funds to Restore New Salem New Salem to Get Funds for Improvements ALA Board Member Brian Steenbergen Dies at 63 Picturing Lincoln Collection Available Historian Peter Carmichael Dies at 58 Lincoln Home NHS Partners with Lincoln Presidential Foundation Historian Wayne Temple Turns 100 Lincolniana Expert Jonathan Mann Dies at 61 Lincoln Statue Unveiled in Kalamazoo Sculpture Installed Outside ALPLM Changes Ahead for ALPLM Exhibits Old State Capitol in Springfield Closed for Renovation Historian Cullom Davis Dies at 87 Gone with the Wind: Lincoln Foundation Takes Artifacts from ALPLM Lincoln Artifacts Removed from ALPLM Lincoln Foundation Reboots Historian Dick Hart Dies at 79 Former ALPLM Director Mackevich Dies at 82 Lincoln Foundation Reinvents Itself Lincoln Presidential Foundation Relaunches Historian Mark Plummer Dies at 92 Hellmers: The Truth about the Lincoln Cottage Proposal ALPLM Receives Grant to Digitize Images Guy Fraker Donates Lincoln Letter to ALPLM House Bill Introduced to Expand Lincoln Home Historic Site Senate Bill Introduced to Expand Lincoln Home Historic Site Un-Civil War: Accusations Fly Between ALPLM, Foundation Here's Your Hat, What's Your Hurry? LaHood Resigns from ALPLM Board ALPLM Parts Ways with Board ALPLM Ends Relationship with Foundation New ALPLM Director Announced ALPLM Breaks Barriers in Naming New Director ALPLM Board Names New Director Reynolds Wins 2021 Lincoln Prize Center for Lincoln Studies Opens Lincoln Home Neighborhood Expansion Expected Plan Seeks to Expand Lincoln Home Historic Site Author Wayne Temple Active at 96 Mast Takes Helm at Museum Foundation ALPLF President Announced Commentary: Hellmers on the Lincoln Cottage Plan LIncoln Reenactor Arrested ALPLM Wrestles with Hat, Looks for Leadership Firing of State Historian latest ALPLM Controversy State Historian Leaves ALPLM Lincoln Cottage Replica Planned ALPLM Reopens Lincoln Mortgage Document Discovered Cornelius Comments on the Hat Tick Tock: ALPLM Issues Go Beyond Hat Mad Hatters ALPLM to Decide Status of Lincoln Hat Report Disputes Lincoln Hat Authenticity Loan Extension Granted for Taper Collection Illinois Governor's Mansion Reopens The Truth Outs: ALPLM in Disarray IG Recommended Firing ALPLM Director Historian Rodney Davis Dies at 87 ALPLM Foundation CEO Resigns LaHood to Lead ALPLM Board Governor Names ALPLM Board Members ALPLM Director Terminated Another One Bites the Dust Lincoln Bible Donated to ALPLM ALPLM Legislation Goes to Illinois Governor Abraham Lincoln's $6 Million Hat More News