THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY IS RELEASING "TUMULTUOUS 2020," AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. 

THE PROJECT INCLUDES INTERVIEWS WITH MORE TNAN 80 PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE, DETAILING THEIR EXPERIENCES DURING THE PANDEMIC AND THE EFFECT IT HAD ON THEIR LIVES. TAKE LISA BADGER OF SPRINGFIELD WHO TESTED POSITIVE EARLY ON, IN MARCH OF 2020. HER NAME WAS RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC AS ONE OF THE FIRST LOCAL CASES. SHE DESCRIBES HOW HARD THAT WAS ON HER FAMILY.

THAT INCLUDES ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CRAIG ANDERSON WHO DISCUSSED THE SHUTTING DOWN OF SCHOOL SPORTS DURING THOSE INITIAL MONTHS.

PHARMACISTS, LAWMAKERS, MOVIE THEATRE AND SPORTS TEAM OWNERS AND MORE WERE ALSO INTERVIEWED. TO HEAR THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE PANDEMIC, VISIT: PRESIDENT LINCOLN DOT ILLINOIS DOT GOV, SCROLL DOWN AND CLICK ON "ORAL HISTORY."