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Lincoln - Douglas Debate IL147 |
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 Picture courtesy of Jim Kuntz
LINCOLN - DOUGLAS
DEBATE
On September 15,1858, in the midst of the Senatorial campaign of that year, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas met at Jonesboro in the third of the famous series of debates which made Lincoln a national figure. The debate was held in a grove one quarter mile to the north.
Erected by the State of Illinois, 1935.
Jct. IL-146 & IL-127, Town Center Circle, Jonesboro, Union County Illinois
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