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 ...

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.

“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 ...

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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 ...

QUINCY — The Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum continues its History Happy Hour program series with a Thursday night presentation by Adams County Bicentennial Commission Chairman and former Quincy Mayor ...

In your editorial “Vance Sells Trump Better Than Trump” (Oct. 3), you mention that you’d “like to hear moderators ask a question that showed they read something outside their mainstream media bubble.” ...