Beardstown, IL – A Beardstown group is trying to find out more about the role Abraham Lincoln played when he practiced law in the town. Leigh Morris heads the city council's Old Courtroom and Museum Commission. He says the group is working to restore the second floor courtroom in the former Cass County Courthouse to the look it had when Lincoln practiced there. He says a researcher is also trying to find out more about Lincoln's interactions with townspeople. He says the new information will be worked into scripts used by volunteer interpreters who staff the first floor museum and the second floor courtroom. The county seat was later moved to Virginia, IL, but the court building remains in Beardstown.
Beardstown Builds on Lincoln Connection
