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 ...

Editor’s note: The following lightly edited excerpt is from Chicago writer Edward Robert McClelland’s new book, “Chorus of the Union: How Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas Set Aside Their Rivalry to ...

The Lost Lincoln-Douglas Debate at the Trump Saloon shows the fake news media is totally unfair. And very rude. Credit: Wikicommons Historians have recently discovered the transcript of an eighth ...

“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 ...

Republican frontrunner Newt Gingrich and long-shot Jon Huntsman say they’ll hold a “Lincoln-Douglas” debate in New Hampshire on Monday. So how will it be different from the usual debates? During the ...

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QUINCY — The next History Happy Hour hosted by the Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum, 128 N. Fifth St. in Quincy, will be held at 5:30 p.m. on June 19. Dr. Steve Belko from John Wood Community College ...

QUINCY — The Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum will host the next "History Happy Hour" program at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. "Hidden History: Lincoln's Rum Sweat" will feature speaker Iris Nelson, a local ...

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QUINCY — The Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum is honoring the life of an Adams County historian during this month's History ...

As the first-place finisher in Lincoln-Douglas debate at the national-qualifying event in February, Solon High School speech and debate team member Max Zukerman earned the prestigious honor 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 ...