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Next week marks the 150th anniversary of the first Lincoln-Douglas debate. There were seven in 1858, as the lanky Abraham Lincoln battled to... Debates Thrust Lincoln Into Public Eye ANDREA SEABROOK, ...

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.

“Right Makes Might: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates” is a timely documentary now streaming at Fox Nation that all Americans should watch. Narrated by Lincoln historian Allen Guelzo, it features noted ...

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 ...

On a calm, late-June evening in Lincoln Park, a handful of U.S. Park Police officers stand around the perimeter. Couples walk their dogs and groups of people on picnic blankets dot the park, where two ...

If Jon Stewart knows one thing, it's that sometimes you need to bring the 16th president of the United States on your television show in order to set the record straight. So to help Judge Andrew ...

Pontiac, Illinois, could be getting its 10th Looking for Lincoln wayside exhibit with some recently announced grant funding, but did you know there already are 260 exhibits across the state? Many of ...

Lincoln and incumbent senator Douglas squared off, of course, in the most famous debates in American history. The Illinois encounters would reshape the nation's bitter argument over slavery, transform ...