article_snippet.sent: Caretakers of Lincoln's tomb are on the defensive over an unflattering critique in National Geographic magazine and looming budget cuts that could threaten management of The site, even as they commemorate the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Civil War president's assassination.
article_snippet.sent: For the state that calls the state that calls itself the 'Land of Lincoln the 'Land of Lincoln,' the timing of a ceremony Wednesday in Springfield to mark his death is awkward because Illinois faces a financial crisis and an office lobby'
  Gov. Bruce Rauner has proposed eliminating the state Historic Preservation Agency that manages sites including Lincoln's tomb as it currently exists.
article_snippet.sent: The hours and days Lincoln's tomb is open have been reduced, and Lincoln's tomb's staffed with fewer employees since state lawmakers last year cut $1.1 million funding for sites in the Springfield area.
article_snippet.sent: Pam VanAlstine, president of the Lincoln Monument Association, said Pam VanAlstine, president of the Lincoln Monument Association's deeply concerned about what more cuts might mean for the site. '
article_snippet.sent: Pam VanAlstine, president of the Lincoln Monument Association're all scared to death,' said VanAlstine, who also serves as a volunteer tour guide. '
article_snippet.sent: Pam VanAlstine, president of the Lincoln Monument Association don't know how things are going to be run.'
article_snippet.sent: Pam VanAlstine, president of the Lincoln Monument Association and other supporters of how President Abraham Lincoln's final resting place is presented to the public said the National Geographic portrayal was unfair.
article_snippet.sent: Shrouded in history: Caretakers of Abraham Lincoln's tomb are on the defensive over an unflattering critique in National Geographic magazine and looming budget cuts that could threaten management of the site (February 2014 file photo) '
highlights_snippet.sent: Caretakers of Lincoln's tomb are on the defensive over an unflattering magazine critique and looming budget cuts .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The site was pilloried in this month's issue of National Geographic magazine as having 'all the historical character of an office lobby'
  Gov. Bruce Rauner has proposed eliminating the state Historic Preservation Agency, which manages Lincoln's tomb .
  