MM Interview LACY MCDONALD in Alton FINAL

This is the interview with Lacy McDonald of the Hayner Library in Alton. She provides insight into Elijah Lovejoy, the Lincoln-Douglas Seventh Debate, the Confederate Prison, Lyman Trumbull and the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery, and, importantly, the role of public history and Alton's performative embrace of its history.