In Freeport, Illinois, just beyond the somnolent downtown, a small park near the Pecatonica River is wedged next to the public library. In the mid-19th century, however, land along the shore stretched ...

Chances are you’ve heard of the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858. The series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas launched Lincoln into national prominence, and he ...

The Lincoln–Douglas Debates of 1858 were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, ...

BEMENT - After winning a struggle to keep the landmark open, Bryant Cottage's guardians are looking forward to showing future generations the place where Abraham Lincoln planned the debates that ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Abraham Lincoln, right, and Stephen Douglas are depicted debating at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., in 1858 ...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- A Southern Illinois historic preservation group wants to raise $100,000 or more erect statues to commemorate the Lincoln-Douglas debate that occurred in Jonesboro on Sept. 15, 1858.

Click to open image viewer. This Lincoln Sesquicentennial Issue stamp was issued to commemorate the centennial of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, a series of debates held in 1858 by Abraham Lincoln, the ...

A Vermonter who once ran for president was born on this day in history.

QUINCY -- Organizers of Lincoln in the District are highlighting the 16th president's most famous stop in Quincy. The event, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in Washington Park, will focus on the 1858 ...

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