About the Springfield, Illinois Area 

Springfield, IL is proud to present the GRAND OPENING of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum which was held on April 19th 2005. 

Some of the distinguished guests included:  IL. Gov. Rod Blagojevich, U.S.Representative Ray LaHood, U.S. Senator Barack Obama, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, Speaker of the House Denny Hastert, President George W. Bush and the first lady Laura Bush.


                 


Springfield is located within 6-1/2 hours of of most every major city in the Midwest:

Chicago, IL	3-1/2 Hours	189 Miles
Cinncinnatti, OH	4-1/2 Hours	299 Miles
Columbus, OH	6 Hours	389 Miles
Des Moines, IA	4-1/2 Hours	291 Miles
Detroit, MI	6-1/2 Hours	433 Miles
Hanibal, MO	1-1/2 Hours	105 Miles
Indianapolis, IN	3-1/2 Hours	193 Miles
Kansas City, MO	4-3/4 Hours	310 Miles
Louisville, KY	4-1/4 Hours	275 Miles
Memphis, TN	5-1/2 Hours	370 miles
Milwaukee, WI	4 Hours	263 Miles
Minneapolis, WI	6-1/2 Hours	430 Miles
Nashville, TN	5-1/2 Hours	350 Miles
Omaha, NE	6-1/4 Hours	412 Miles
St. Louis, MO	1-1/4 Hours	95 Miles

Springfield offers so much to do throughout the year. 

Such things as: 

Illinois State Fair, Old Capitol Art Fair, Springfield Air Rendezvous, Illinois Highland Games and Celtic Festival, Hot Rod Power Tour, Taste of Downtown, Music in the Park, Old Capitol Blues & BBQ, Street Machine Hot Rod Nationals, International Route 66 Mother Road Festival, LPGA State Farm Rail Classic, Springfield MUNI Opera, Mid West Charity Horse Show, Sangamon County Fair, Million Dollar Hole In One Shoot Out, Carillon Music Festival and the National High School Rodeo Finals just to name a few.



For even more information feel free to check out all of our additional pages under the Local Information heading of our website.

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