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May 28, 2010
St. Theresa School plays to British audience
DAILY HERALD
When seventh graders created a puppet show depicting Abraham Lincoln's assassination, they never imagined their audience would extend across an ocean. BBC filmmakers on Friday interviewed the students and several of their St. Theresa School classmates for a documentary on the 16th U.S. president.
April 3, 2010
Competitors take Abe theme
and run with it
For the third straight year, a record number of runners competed in the 13.1-mile race.
The route sent runners past the Old State Capitol, the state capitol, Camp Lincoln and Lincoln’s Tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery.

This year’s half marathon featured 1,159 participants.

Feb. 13, 2009
200th Birthday
  "Michael Krebs, as Abraham Lincoln, carefully put on his wire-rimmed glasses promptly at 9:30 a.m.
and began to read: 'Four score and seven years ago ...'"


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
Michael Krebs and Larry Diemer  
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


July 5th, 2009
Rain didn’t prevent Abraham Lincoln from making a Fourth of July visit to downtown Springfield
Lincoln impersonator Michael Krebs was one of a large group of entertainers who performed Saturday as part of the Capital City Bicentennial Celebration commemorating 200 years since Lincoln’s birth.
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.
THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER 

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

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


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




Feb. 12, 2009
"Lincoln's Birthday Celebrations: Obama's Springfield Trip Highlights National Festivities".
THE HUFFINGTON POST



Feb. 14, 2009
Celebrating from Lincoln to Lincoln. Nebraska style.

LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR 
Past Articles






"His striking appearance makes Krebs a perfect Abe Lincoln. What Lincoln says in the play is from real life, culled from documents and speeches. Because virtually nothing survives of any thing Mary said in her lifetime, her dialogue is made up, her persona created from bits and pieces found in memoirs of family friends and Lincoln White House employees."
William Mullen, Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune Article

Glimpses of life for First Couples
2005
Special to the Tribune
Nancy Maes, Chicago Tribune


Galesburg Register Mail
2008
Krebs gives 'presidential' performance
Susan Kaufman &Jane Carlson , Register Mail


The Reporter Online
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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


Personal comments
"Beautifully produced--Visiting the Lincolns astutely balances good humor with the bleak imminence of a terrible crime. Krebs’ prairie accent and attacks of melancholy, Miller’s alternately genteel and hysterical Mary Todd, and the period-perfect script ensure that all disbelief remains suspended."
Laurence Bommer, Chicago Reader

"Outstanding --Very strong in portraying the personality of Lincoln."

Tom Schwartz, Illinois State Historical Library.

"This is definitely an experience the whole family can enjoy. Quite literally, it is a chance to have lemonade with the Lincolns. From the very beginning, the cast recognizes the audience and by doing so, the evening feels like and intimate conversation among reminiscing friends."

Nicki Stratton, Executive Director of Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau

"You certainly felt you were there seated on chairs at the White House. And seeing Michael Krebs, who looks like Lincoln, stands like Lincoln, and talks like Lincoln probably talked--made it even more incredible. He was just Lincolnesque in every way."

Olga Carlile, Freeport Journal Star

"Michael Krebs’ personification of Lincoln was uncanny; for most of us who have studied Lincoln, there were moments when the two were one."
Vilma Kinney, Peoria Journal Star
 
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Lincoln's Virtual Library
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates  
This fifth debate is most significant for two main reasons.
Knox College and Lincoln    Knox College is fortunate in having a number of authentic connections...
Wet with Blood   The investigation of Mary Todd Lincoln's cloak.
Beloit Daily News   Krebs brought a realism that carried his audience closer to an understanding of the...
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