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 ...

Hillary Clinton called for a Lincoln-Douglas-style debate with no moderator against her rival, Sen. Barack Obama, who says no more debates are needed before the May primaries. In a TV interview to air ...

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“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 ...

FREEPORT, Ill. (AP) _ This is the 'Pretzel City,' thanks to German bakers who settled here in the 1850s. It's appropriate, given the way a lightweight named Abraham Lincoln twisted up a political ...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- History buffs and Lincoln fans can get their fill of both in Southern Illinois on Saturday and Sunday. Activities commemorating the 150 anniversary of the Lincoln-Douglas debates ...

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 ...

MARION, Ind. — Democratic rivals and Hillary Rodham Clinton turned up the rhetoric Saturday in their increasingly heated primary battle as she issued a new debate challenge and he complained of ...

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 ...