History

Illinois organizations dedicated to the humanities and the arts are asking state lawmakers for help as they scramble to make up for federal funding cuts. One of them is the McLean County Museum of History.

A noted historian says it's fair to compare President Trump and Adolf Hitler, at least in one respect.

The spirit of Karl Marx is alive and well and living in America. That's according to Illinois State University history professor Andrew Hartman, whose new book is "Karl Marx in America."

Superfans and scholars of Abraham Lincoln are getting access to a new online research tool.

Happy birthday Abraham Lincoln. He’s 216. The McLean County Museum of History is hallmarking Lincoln’s Feb. 12 birthday with the start of a coloring contest to celebrate Lincoln and work on a mural showing a famous speech he made in Bloomington.

Christmas in America wasn't always the huge festive cultural movement we know today. The Puritans made the celebration of Christmas illegal. They thought such demonstrations were sacrilegious.

The film covers prehistoric times through 1900, exploring key moments in agriculture, rail transportation and education in McLean County.

In the early 1800s, supply chains were a lot shorter, but the lack of mechanized transportation sometimes made it tremendously difficult to bring goods to market. Yet, a regional — edging toward national — marketplace did thrive.

The sudden freeze of ’36 came with a vengeance. It was like a wild prairie fire that snipped everything in its path. And woe to him who was far from human habitation.

A plaque commemorating 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence is coming to Bloomington.