The Illinois 200 Celebration Continues
Continuing our celebration of the 200th anniversary today of Illinois being admitted the Union, we have an appropriate video for the Land of Lincoln. Here's a wonderful clip from the classic film, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning stage play by Robert Sherwood (who co-adapted his play for the screen). This is a six-minute monologue by Raymond Massey, who recreated his starring from from the Broadway production, during the Lincoln-Douglas debates. (Historical note: those debates were not from when both men ran against one another for the presidency, but rather earlier when they competed for the U.S. Senate.)
By the way, despite this clip appearing to be almost nine minutes, it's not. There is a ponderous opening minute added on (you can jump past it), and another minute-and-a-half or more tacked on at the end.
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