Galesburg Illinois

Old Main on the campus of Knox College in Galesburg IL was the site of the fifth of the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates, on October 7, 1858.
Steven A. Douglas said: Equality among the different states is a cardinal principle upon which all our institutions rest.
To which Abraham Lincoln replied: He is blowing out the moral lights around us who contends that whoever wants slaves has a right to hold them.
Birthplace of author and historian Carl Sandburg, who wrote a biography of Abraham Lincoln.
Sandburg’s ashes are buried under this rock.
Sculpture of Carl Sandburg