LLCC invites the public to its annual Lincoln Lecture Thursday, Feb. 12 at 9 a.m. in the Trutter Center, 5250 Shepherd Rd., Springfield. The 2026 speaker will be Tim Good, recently retired superintendent of the Lincoln Home National Historic Site.
There is no charge to attend, and refreshments will be served. The .
Good’s presentation, “Mr. Lincoln On the Road –Traveling the Original Route 66†will explore Abraham Lincoln’s journeys north to Chicago for judicial duties and political engagements that helped shape his early career.
Good has worked for the National Park Service for more than 30 years, holding positions at sites including the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Ford’s Theatre, the Lincoln Memorial, Cuyahoga Valley, Dayton Aviation, Ulysses S. Grant, Agate Fossil Beds, Pictured Rocks and Acadia. He is the author of six published books, among them “Lincoln for President: An Underdog’s Path to the 1860 Republican Nomination,†“The Lincoln-Douglas Debates and the Making of a President†and “We Saw Lincoln Shot: One Hundred Eyewitness Accounts.â€