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2009 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. As part of the Lincoln Bicentennial, and in connection with WILL-TV’s documentary Lincoln: Prelude to the Presidency, we’ve created a series of segments looking at Lincoln’s life in central Illinois and how his years spent as a traveling lawyer on the Illinois Eighth Judicial Circuit helped make him one of our nation’s greatest presidents. Tonight we’ll look at what daily life was like for Lincoln as he traveled along the “mud circuit” and explore how the challenges and people he encountered along the way shaped him.
Segment duration: 04:50
Producer: Steve Drake and Alison Davis Wood
Editor: Steve Drake and Tristan Riddell
This segment is filed in these categories: History • Illinois Culture/History
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