Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn greets Debra Miller who portrays
Mary Todd Lincoln during a visit to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential
Museum Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. Gov. Quinn and other visitors were
given a brief chance to view the museum's original copy of the
Gettysburg Address, at left, which officials wheeled out of their vault
under the cover of a black cloth to protect the rare document.
Shannon Kirshner/The State Journal-Register
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Shannon Kirshner/The State Journal-Register
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September 27, 2009
More than 300 people gathered Sunday at the Abraham Lincoln Courthouse Square at South Church and Elm streets in honor of the Lincoln Bicentennial to witness the unveiling of “Iron Determination,” a 5-foot tall bronze sculpture of Lincoln.
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
More than 300 people gathered Sunday at the Abraham Lincoln Courthouse Square at South Church and Elm streets in honor of the Lincoln Bicentennial to witness the unveiling of “Iron Determination,” a 5-foot tall bronze sculpture of Lincoln.
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
July 25th, 2009
Rick Kogan Hosts Newberry Freedom Fest in Bughouse Square
Abraham Lincoln mopped the street with Judge Stephen Douglas. Two great actors, in 19th Century dress, reenacted the The Fifth Debate(Galesburg) of the Great Lincoln Douglas Debates.
CHICAGO DAILY OBSERVER
History Behind Chicago's
Bughouse Square Debates
In the ’20s and ’30s, Chicago’s Washington Square Park was a hotbed of rhetoric.
FLAVORWIRE.COM
Abraham Lincoln mopped the street with Judge Stephen Douglas. Two great actors, in 19th Century dress, reenacted the The Fifth Debate(Galesburg) of the Great Lincoln Douglas Debates.
CHICAGO DAILY OBSERVER
History Behind Chicago's
Bughouse Square Debates
In the ’20s and ’30s, Chicago’s Washington Square Park was a hotbed of rhetoric.
FLAVORWIRE.COM
July 5th, 2009
Rain didn’t prevent Abraham Lincoln from making a Fourth of July visit to downtown Springfield
THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER
July 5, 2009 Lincoln museum gets 2 millionth visitor
Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln impersonators Michael Krebs and Debra Ann Miller were among those awaiting the two millionth visitor. Krebs presented Domantay with a backpack that included several gift items courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library.
March 30, 2009
Chicago O'Hare is celebrating the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth by exhibiting a replica of the statue in the Lincoln Memorial in Terminal 2. Lincoln impersonator Michael Krebs visits Chicago O'Hare to greet passengers, pose for photos and answer questions. Courtesy of the Chicago Airports System.
USA TODAY
Chicago O'Hare is celebrating the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth by exhibiting a replica of the statue in the Lincoln Memorial in Terminal 2. Lincoln impersonator Michael Krebs visits Chicago O'Hare to greet passengers, pose for photos and answer questions. Courtesy of the Chicago Airports System.
USA TODAY
Feb. 13, 2009
"And perhaps the busiest man for the next several weeks will be Michael Krebs, aka Abraham Lincoln." This AP story ran in hundreds of papers and associated websites from Boston to Seattle.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
"And perhaps the busiest man for the next several weeks will be Michael Krebs, aka Abraham Lincoln." This AP story ran in hundreds of papers and associated websites from Boston to Seattle.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Feb. 12, 2009
"As the nation celebrates the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth, two veteran suburban Chicago impersonators will offer their interpretations of the president to the festivities".
DAILY HERALD
"As the nation celebrates the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth, two veteran suburban Chicago impersonators will offer their interpretations of the president to the festivities".
DAILY HERALD
Feb. 12, 2009
"Lincoln's Birthday Celebrations: Obama's Springfield Trip Highlights National Festivities".
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"The program takes Krebs, as Lincoln, and occasionally actress Debra Ann Miller, as Mary Todd Lincoln, to venues where they tell stories about the Lincolns’ lives, the Civil War and issues of the time in which they lived. Then a question-and-answer session follows where they answer either as the Lincolns or themselves, depending on the question, he said."
Maura Vizza, The Reporter