Skilled craftsmen carved marble and granite into beautiful, meaningful and lasting tributes to the dead in Central Illinois.

In the fading light of a hot summer day last week, Adlai Stevenson and a few friends left the Chicago Yacht Club, got into a taxi, and headed back to his living quarters at the Sheraton-Blackstone ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin told a crowd of about 1,200 people at Illinois Wesleyan ...

Dr. Khairy Tourk, professor of Economics at Illinois Institute of Technology, who will speak on “The Middle East in Turmoil: A Political Economy Analysis.” A long-time observer of the world from ...

The 1956 election was an instant replay as Gov. Shivers again snubbed Stevenson and again climbed on-board the “I Like Ike” bandwagon. Proving 1952 was no fluke, Eisenhower widened his winning margin ...

With less than a month to go in the 1952 presidential election, Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson, the governor of Illinois, landed his chartered plane in Spokane for a stump speech Oct. 15, 1952.

Scurrying from caucus room to caucus room in search of his mislaid presidential nomination, Candidate Adlai Stevenson allowed himself to be poked, prodded, pushed and paraded until he felt, as he put ...

Once inspired by Adlai Stevenson II at her own commencement address, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin offered encouragement to ...

Exterior renovation of the Adlai E. Stevenson Historic Home in Mettawa is set to begin nearly two years after the Lake County Forest Preserve District accepted a state grant for the project. The ...

The historic Adlai E. Stevenson II Home, owned and operated by the Lake County Forest Preserve District, will be getting needed repair. Forest commissioners recently approved a $136,050 contract with ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Stevenson (Adlai) Center on Democracy has hosted 2 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2008 Forum. The year with the highest average number of views per ...