 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Addressed the people of McDonough County on this spot
October 26, 1858.
"Let ups have faith that right makes might; and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
"We here highly resolve that this Nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the Earth.
"With malice towards none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right. Let us strive on to finish the work we are in."
McDonough County.
E. Carroll St. & W. Side Square, SW corner of courthouse, Macomb, McDonough County Illinois
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