Site of the Jonesboro, IL Lincoln-Douglas Debate

            At the site of the Lincoln-Douglas Debate in Jonesboro, IL are statues of Lincoln and Douglas.  It's a few blocks north of town along Main St.  The area is designated as Lincoln Memorial, part of the Shawnee National Forest. At the town square, there are some footsteps so you can retrace the steps Lincoln walked on that day.

Text of the marker between the statues of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas:

In Commemoration
on the afternoon of September the 15th, 1858 
upon this acre in the Jonesboro fair-grounds and as rival candidates for the United States Senatorship from the State of Illinois.

Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas
met in the third joint-debate of the seven Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Upon the principles set forth here the Senate election was lost to Mr. Lincoln, but he did gain much prominence nationally and was elected to the Presidency in 1860. Served as Civil-War President. Was re-elected in 1864. He truly was Illinois' gift “The Man for the Ages”. This debate cast a long shadow upon the pages of history.

50th-75th-100th anniversaries celebrated here. In 1963 the old stone marker became defaced and was replaced with this stone and this plaque was dedicated on September 15th, 1963.
   

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Taken in: United States / Illinois / Jonesboro (show map)

Taken on: July 6, 2024

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