While spending the past weekend in Springfield, Illinois (where I addressed the Illinois Libertarian Party convention), I took a few notes about Abe Lincoln’s adopted hometown, which was long ago turned into a Shrine. (It was great fun, by the way, to receive a standing ovation in Springfield, Illinois, of all places, for a speech …While spending the past weekend in Springfield, Illinois (where I addressed the Illinois Libertarian Party convention), I took a few notes about Abe Lincoln’s adopted hometown, which was long ago turned into a Shrine. (It was great fun, by the way, to receive a standing ovation in Springfield, Illinois, of all places, for a speech …