It was here, on August 27, 1858, that U.S. senatorial candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas waged a war of words. "Imagine that you're there," says my guide, George Buss, stepping onto the ...

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 ...

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, ...

The campaign opens -- The Springfield speeches -- Taking the stump -- The Ottawa debate -- The Freeport debate -- The campaign progresses -- The Jonesboro debate -- The Charleston debate -- Touches of ...

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.

ANAC copy 39088001315837 from the Daniel Boorstin American Civilization Collection. Contents pt. I. Introductory. 1958: The crisis in historical judgment ; 1858: Lincoln versus Douglas ; The ...

Chances are you’ve heard of the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858. The series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas launched Lincoln into national prominence, and he ...

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 ...

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 ...