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Lincoln Museum greets 3 millionth visitor

Tuesday, August 21, 2012
This photo taken in by Calvin Jackson, in Pittsfield, Ill., on Oct. 1, 1858 and provided by The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum shows Abraham Lincoln during the time of the famous debates with Stephen A, Douglas 150 years ago. (AP Photo/The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Calvin Jackson)

This photo taken in by Calvin Jackson, in Pittsfield, Ill., on Oct. 1, 1858 and provided by The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum shows Abraham Lincoln during the time of the famous debates with Stephen A, Douglas 150 years ago. (AP Photo/The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Calvin Jackson) (AP Photo)

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August 21, 2012 (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) (WLS) -- The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield is proving to be a popular attraction.

Three million people have visited the museum since it opened in April 2005. Becky Hughes of Saint Joseph Missouri was the 3,000,000 visitor on Tuesday, August 21, 2012. She received a stovepipe hat filled with items from the museum gift shop. The museum has several dozen items on display that were owned or associated with Lincoln, his family and his colleagues.

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