Coles County Fairgrounds/Lincoln Douglas Debate Museum
West Rt. 316 and E Street, Charleston, IL 61920
Historical Marker Location: South side of IL 16, western edge of Charleston (north of Fairgrounds)
Historical Marker Erected: 03/01/1935 by State of Illinois On September 18, 1858, the fourth of the famous joint debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas was held approximately one-quarter mile south of here. Twelve thousand people heard the two candidates for the United States Senatorship discuss the question of slavery in American politics.
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Photos by C. Blew for Insight http://www.eiu.edu/~insight/lincoln/l-d.htm