New Salem, a tiny central Illinois village where Lincoln spent half-a-dozen years in the 1830s, has fallen into disrepair.

part of the reconstructed village of New Salem where Abraham Lincoln lived from 1831 to 1837, March 10, 2025, in Petersburg, Ill. (AP Photo/John O'Connor) ...

Pamela and John Voehl, Mary and Abe Lincoln presenters from Colorado, pose for a portrait during a Civil War Ball at the ...

PETERSBURG, Ill. (AP) — Before his famous debates, before the Civil War rent the nation, before he helped end slavery and before his tragic assassination, Abraham Lincoln had New Salem.

PETERSBURG, Ill. (AP) — Before his famous debates, before the Civil War rent the nation, before he helped end slavery and before his tragic assassination, Abraham Lincoln had New Salem.

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