IN THE FINAL POLL CONDUCTED AS PART OF THE ILLINOIS BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION…VOTERS CHOSE TOP MOMENTS IN THE STATE’S HISTORY.
THE TOP 10 MOMENTS IN ILLINOIS HISTORY INCLUDE TRAGEDY AND A HUGE VICTORY SAYS ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY SPOKESPERSON CHRIS WILLS.
OTHER MOMENTS MAKING THE TOP 10 INCLUDE THE ELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE ARREST OF FORMER GOVERNOR ROD BLAGOJEVICH.