This historic bronze plaque marking the last debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas was originally placed on the old Alton City Hall at the site of the debate in 1858.

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Alton staged a homecoming event and commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Lincoin-Douglas debate in Alton, Illinois, in 1858. The dedication of a bronze tablet was one of the signature events.

The Lincoln Douglas Debate Square is one of two points of interest. The other deals with Lincoln and the final battle of the Black Hawk War, which took place in 1832, in nearby Kent.

However, Good said Lincoln spoke out for equality during the Oct. 15 last debate in Alton, on the Mississippi River in Southwest Illinois.

Washington Square, Ottawa, Illinois, Aug. 21, 1858 In Ottawa, the site of his first debate with Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln made the grand entrance.

CHARLESTON — A drum thought to have been played at Charleston’s Lincoln-Douglas debate will have another connection to the historical event, and will help commemorate the event as well.

QUINCY — The Lincoln-Douglas Debate Interpretive Center reopens Friday night with a new way of telling its story. Advisory board members oversaw an 18-month, $80,000 project adding state-of-the ...

In the first debate, before more than 10,000 people in Ottawa, Illinois, Douglas accused Lincoln of conspiring to “abolitionize” the old Whig party “under the name and disguise of a ...

ALTON, Ill. -- Dozens of Abraham Lincoln impersonators, dressed in black suits with stovepipe hats, met in Alton on Saturday at the city's Lincoln-Douglas Square. About 80 members of the ...