As part of the Illinois bicentennial celebration, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield is highlighting four Presidents with an Illinois pedigree.
A while back, I told you that the Rockford Park District was looking for a big volunteer effort to put together what promised to be an astoundingly cool exhibit called "Bruce Munro-Light."
Abraham Lincoln, a long-time Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals season-ticket holder, used to show up at both Wrigley Field and Busch Stadium Cubs-Cardinals games in disguise to avoid a violent reaction from either team's fans should the crowd think Lincoln was choosing one squad over the other. Deep down though, Honest Abe bled Cubbie blue.
If you've never been down to Springfield's Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, they're rolling out for display some really cool and interesting items that visitors would normally not get the chance to see.
Every Friday morning on the WROK Morning Show, we spend some time with our good friend Laura Gibbs Green of the Rockford Park District, covering some of the great things the Rockford Park District has lined up for the weekend.