https://www.nps.gov/liho News releases from Lincoln Home National Historic Site. en-us https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/liiho-adoption-event-bark-ranger.htm Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:00:00 EST Lincoln Home National Historic Site plans to host an animal adoption event and B.A.R.K. Ranger program at 426 S. 7th Street, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, April 25. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/liiho-adoption-event-bark-ranger.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/liho-black-history-month-presentation-2026.htm Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:00:00 EST Lincoln Home National Historic Site plans to host a free, public presentation for Black History Month titled "New Philadelphia: Its Connections to Springfield and the 1908 Race Riot. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/liho-black-history-month-presentation-2026.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-birthday-bash-2026.htm Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:46:00 EST Lincoln Home National Historic Site plans to host a free, all-day public celebration marking the two hundred and seventeenth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. Events will take place at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site Visitor Center located at 426 S. 7th Street, city, state, on Thursday, February 12; Saturday, February 14; and Sunday, February 15. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-birthday-bash-2026.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-home-national-historic-site-hosts-winter-programs.htm Sun, 07 Dec 2025 06:01:00 EST SPRINGFIELD, IL: Lincoln Home National Historic Site will host a variety of festive winter programs on Friday December 12th, and Saturday December 13th. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-home-national-historic-site-hosts-winter-programs.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-home-national-historic-site-presents-art-in-the-park-a-national-park-week-celebration.htm Sun, 07 Apr 2024 07:12:00 EST On April 20, 2024, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Lincoln Home National Historic Site will celebrate National Park Week 2024. Join Lincoln Home staff in the Visitor Center, located at 426 S. 7th Street in Springfield IL, to participate in activities for youth focused on celebrating Art in the Park! https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-home-national-historic-site-presents-art-in-the-park-a-national-park-week-celebration.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-home-national-historic-site-celebrates-junior-ranger-day-2024.htm Sun, 07 Apr 2024 07:06:00 EST On April 27, 2024, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Lincoln Home National Historic Site will join the National Park Service to celebrate Junior Ranger Day 2024. Join Lincoln Home staff in the Visitor Center, located at 426 S. 7th Street in Springfield IL, to participate in activities and earn Junior Ranger prizes! https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-home-national-historic-site-celebrates-junior-ranger-day-2024.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-home-national-historic-site-hosts-art-in-the-park-around-the-town-concert-with-illinois-symphony-orchestra.htm Sun, 07 Apr 2024 07:00:00 EST Listen Live to a Brass Quintet at a free “Around the Town” concert at 2:00 PM on Saturday, April 20, 2024, during “Art in the Park” at Lincoln Home National Historic Site. “Art in the Park” is part of National Park Week, which runs April 20 through 28, 2024. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-home-national-historic-site-hosts-art-in-the-park-around-the-town-concert-with-illinois-symphony-orchestra.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-home-national-historic-site-hosts-lincoln-birthday-bash.htm Wed, 24 Jan 2024 05:51:00 EST Lincoln Home National Historic Site will host a free, all-day public celebration marking the two hundred and fifteenth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth in the Lincoln Home National Historic Site Visitor Center (426 S. 7th Street) on February 10 and February 11, 2024. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-home-national-historic-site-hosts-lincoln-birthday-bash.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-home-national-historic-site-to-host-a-message-at-midnight-play.htm Mon, 27 Nov 2023 11:48:00 EST Lincoln Home National Historic Site will host the play “A Message at Midnight” December 8 at 6p.m., December 9 at 3p.m., and December 10 at 3p.m. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-home-national-historic-site-to-host-a-message-at-midnight-play.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-28-09-halloween-event-2023.htm Thu, 28 Sep 2023 05:49:00 EST On Saturday October 28, 2023 from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM, Lincoln Home National Historic Site will host our annual Trick-or-Treat Halloween event in partnership with the City of Springfield. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-28-09-halloween-event-2023.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-12-09-apl-adoption-event.htm Tue, 12 Sep 2023 07:03:00 EST On Saturday October 21, 2023 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Lincoln Home National Historic Site will host an adoption event for Springfield’s Animal Protective League (APL). https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-12-09-apl-adoption-event.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-01-06-jenkins-juneteenth-exhibit.htm Thu, 01 Jun 2023 05:41:00 EST From June 16 to June 19, 2023, Lincoln Home National Historic Site will celebrate Juneteenth by offering visitors access to a pop-up exhibit about Jameson Jenkins and his family's story at the Jenkins Lot on 8th Street near the Lincoln Home. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-01-06-jenkins-juneteenth-exhibit.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-22-05-reading-with-ranger.htm Mon, 22 May 2023 07:30:00 EST Lincoln Home National Historic Site will partner with the Lincoln Library, Springfield's Public Library, to present reading programs during the Summer of 2023 as part of the City of Springfield's History Comes Alive season. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-22-05-reading-with-ranger.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-05-05-history-comes-alive-summer-2023.htm Fri, 05 May 2023 10:21:00 EST During the summer of 2023, Lincoln Home National Historic Site will partner with the City of Springfield to present free, public "History Comes Alive" programs in the Lincoln Home neighborhood. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-05-05-history-comes-alive-summer-2023.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-02-05-taking-leave-performance.htm Tue, 02 May 2023 11:23:00 EST On May 20, 2023 at 2:00 PM, actor Pam Brown will portray Mary Lincoln in a performance titled "Taking Leave" at Lincoln Home National Historic Site. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-02-05-taking-leave-performance.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-21-04.htm Fri, 21 Apr 2023 04:56:00 EST All aboard! Lincoln Home National Historic Site is looking for volunteers interested in sharing Illinois history while riding Amtrak trains from Springfield to Chicago this summer. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-21-04.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-13-04-yoga-in-the-park.htm Thu, 13 Apr 2023 07:55:00 EST On Saturday April 22 2023, Lincoln Home National Historic Site will host "Yoga in the Park" as the National Park Service celebrates "Park Rx" Day and Earth Day. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-13-04-yoga-in-the-park.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-11-04-junior-ranger-day-2023.htm Tue, 11 Apr 2023 04:51:00 EST On April 29, 2023, from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Lincoln Home National Historic Site will join the National Park Service to celebrate Junior Ranger Day 2023. Join National Park rangers and staff in the Lincoln Home Visitor Center, located at 426 S. 7th Street in Springfield IL, to participate in activities and earn Junior Ranger prizes! https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-11-04-junior-ranger-day-2023.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-06-04-now-and-forever.htm Thu, 06 Apr 2023 10:56:00 EST Lincoln Home National Historic Site presents: “Now and Forever” April 16 at 2:30pm in the Lincoln Home Visitor Center, 426 S Seventh Street, in Springfield. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-06-04-now-and-forever.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-home-national-historic-site-presents-our-sons.htm Mon, 13 Mar 2023 08:41:00 EST Enjoy a personal view into the family life of Mary Todd Lincoln in a special one-time presentation at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site Visitor Center at 2:00p.m. on March 26. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-home-national-historic-site-presents-our-sons.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-home-hosts-road-scholar-for-black-history-month.htm Wed, 22 Feb 2023 09:06:00 EST Road Scholar Mary Frances will present “Untold African American Stories” at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site Visitor Center on Sunday, February 26, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. to commemorate Black History Month as part of the Illinois Humanities 2023-2024 Road Scholars Speakers Bureau program. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-home-hosts-road-scholar-for-black-history-month.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-21-02-guest-ranger-feb-24.htm Tue, 21 Feb 2023 06:43:00 EST National Park Rangers Luecreasea Horne from Nicodemus National Historic Site in Kansas; Rich Condon from Reconstruction Era National Historical Park in South Carolina; and, Jorge Hernandez from Zion National Park in Utah will be in Springfield to present public programs on February 24 and 25, 2023 as part of Lincoln Home National Historic Site's Black History Month Guest Ranger Series https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-21-02-guest-ranger-feb-24.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-09-02-guest-ranger-feb-17.htm Thu, 09 Feb 2023 08:45:00 EST National Park Ranger Jade Perdue from New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park will be in Springfield for performances and programs on February 17 and February 18, 2023 as part of the Lincoln Home National Historic Site’s Black History Month Guest Ranger Series. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-09-02-guest-ranger-feb-17.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-home-national-historic-site-displays-black-history-month-exhibit-panels.htm Thu, 09 Feb 2023 05:06:00 EST Lincoln Home National Historic Site will display exhibit panels during the month of February focusing on local Black history to commemorate Black History Month. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-home-national-historic-site-displays-black-history-month-exhibit-panels.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-01-02-guest-ranger-feb-3.htm Wed, 01 Feb 2023 04:11:00 EST Visiting rangers Nick Sacco (Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site) and Ve’Amber Miller (Pullman National Historical Park) will participate in a panel discussion hosted by the Springfield and Central Illinois African American History Museum. Rangers Sacco and Miller will also present programs on topics connected to black history and their home parks in the Lincoln Home National Historic Site Visitor Center. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-01-02-guest-ranger-feb-3.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/farewell-play.htm Tue, 31 Jan 2023 06:10:00 EST Spend a few personal minutes with Abraham and Mary as they prepare to leave their home for an uncertain future in Washington. The play will be presented in the Lincoln Home Visitor Center, 426 S. 7th Street, on February 10, 2023, at 5:30pm, and a second performance February 11, 2023, at 6:00pm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/farewell-play.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-24-01-birthday-bash.htm Tue, 24 Jan 2023 05:57:00 EST Lincoln Home National Historic Site will host a free, all-day public celebration marking the two hundred and fourteenth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth in the Lincoln Home National Historic Site Visitor Center (426 S. 7th Street) on February 11 and February 12, 2023. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-24-01-birthday-bash.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-home-national-historic-site-hosts-black-history-month-art-contest-for-youth.htm Fri, 20 Jan 2023 10:32:00 EST Lincoln Home National Historic Site will host a Black History Month Art Contest for grades kindergarten through high school. Submissions will be accepted from January 16 through February 12, 2023. Submissions will be displayed in the Lincoln Home National Historic Site Visitor Center from February 12 through March 12, 2023. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-home-national-historic-site-hosts-black-history-month-art-contest-for-youth.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-19-01-guest-ranger-series.htm Thu, 19 Jan 2023 12:20:00 EST Park rangers from National Park Service sites across the country will visit Springfield during February 2023 to take part in public lectures and panels, perform music, and present programs as Lincoln Home National Historic Site commemorates Black History Month. Visiting rangers will present free public programs on topics connected to black history and their home NPS units on weekends throughout February. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2023-19-01-guest-ranger-series.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/special-presentation-on-19th-century-christmas-traditions-at-lincoln-home-national-historic-site.htm Mon, 21 Nov 2022 10:17:00 EST Ever wonder what Christmas looked like during the Lincolns’ time? Join us for a special presentation on 19th century Christmas traditions with Dr. David Bertaina on December 17 at 2p.m. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/special-presentation-on-19th-century-christmas-traditions-at-lincoln-home-national-historic-site.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2022-11-15-december-programs.htm Tue, 15 Nov 2022 07:12:00 EST Lincoln Home National Historic Site will host three different programs throughout the month of December. The park ranger-led programs are free and open to the public. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2022-11-15-december-programs.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-home-national-historic-site-hosts-candlelight-tours.htm Wed, 09 Nov 2022 10:09:00 EST SPRINGFIELD, IL: The Lincoln Home National Historic Site will host candlelight tours from 4:45p.m. to 6p.m. on December 10. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-home-national-historic-site-hosts-candlelight-tours.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2022-11-09-message-to-midnight.htm Wed, 09 Nov 2022 09:56:00 EST Lincoln Home National Historic Site will host the play “A Message at Midnight” December 8 at 6p.m., December 9 at 6p.m., and December 11 at 3p.m. in the Visitor Center. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2022-11-09-message-to-midnight.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-home-national-historic-site-hosts-trick-or-treat-event-october-29th.htm Thu, 27 Oct 2022 12:48:00 EST Lincoln Home National Historic Site Hosts Trick-or-Treat Event October 29th Springfield, Illinois- Lincoln Home National Historic Site, in partnership with the Lincoln Presidential Foundation and with the support of many Springfield area partners, will host a free trick-or-treat event for children 12 years old and under from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 29. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/lincoln-home-national-historic-site-hosts-trick-or-treat-event-october-29th.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2022-10-25-november-programs.htm Tue, 25 Oct 2022 12:30:00 EST Lincoln Home National Historic Site will host three programs in November and early December with topics covering knitting and crocheting, the history of Thanksgiving, and holiday music in the 1800s. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2022-10-25-november-programs.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2022-09-08-fall-programs.htm Thu, 08 Sep 2022 07:32:00 EST Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in October, the Lincoln Home National Historic Site will host a series of seasonal events for the public. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/2022-09-08-fall-programs.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/robinsonrfei.htm Wed, 03 Aug 2022 07:34:00 EST The National Park Service (NPS) announces a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) for the adaptive re-use of the Henson Robinson House (1,986 square feet). https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/robinsonrfei.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/fall-2017-j2g-finale.htm Mon, 11 Dec 2017 11:19:00 EST Lincoln Home National Historic Site is pleased to host students from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Illinois 21st Century Program on Saturday, December 16, 2017, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m at the Visitor Center at 426 South 7th street Springfield, Illinois. These students will be at Lincoln Home National Historic Site for a “Celebration of the Journey” in recognition of their completion of the “Journey to Greatness: Character Lessons from the Past” program. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/fall-2017-j2g-finale.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/december-9-holiday-walks-feature-holiday-activities-and-historic-christmas-programs.htm Fri, 08 Dec 2017 07:00:00 EST Lincoln Home NHS and other Springfield historic sites hold a number of holiday activities and historic Christmas programs. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/december-9-holiday-walks-feature-holiday-activities-and-historic-christmas-programs.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/33rd-illinois-volunteer-regiment-performs-at-lincoln-home.htm Fri, 19 May 2017 09:18:00 EST “History through Music” is a free concert and public dance performed by the 33rd Illinois Volunteer Regiment Band. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/33rd-illinois-volunteer-regiment-performs-at-lincoln-home.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/114th-regiment-illinois-volunteer-infantry-reactivated-presents-recruiting-camp-at-lincoln-home.htm Fri, 19 May 2017 08:59:00 EST The Union Army Recruitment camp recreated by the 114th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Reactivated in the Lincoln Neighborhood. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/114th-regiment-illinois-volunteer-infantry-reactivated-presents-recruiting-camp-at-lincoln-home.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/george-l-painter-looking-for-lincoln-lecture-series.htm Sat, 28 Jan 2017 06:33:00 EST In celebration of Abraham Lincoln's birthday, Lincoln Home National Historic Site is hosting our annual lecture series. Tom Martin, Wayne C. Temple and Bill Thomas will be presenting on the ways in which Lincoln impacted central Illinois communities, and was impacted by them in turn. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/george-l-painter-looking-for-lincoln-lecture-series.htm https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/trick-or-treat.htm Sat, 22 Oct 2016 08:36:00 EST The public is invited to safely trick-or-treat and participate in other holiday activities at the Lincoln Home neighborhood. https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/news/trick-or-treat.htm