This bronze relief sculpture by Lorado Taft, completed in 1936, stands
in Washington Park facing 5th Street. It shows Lincoln speaking while
Douglas listens just to his left. The sculptor was able to be present at the
dedication, which occurred shortly before his death at age 76.Taft Debate Panel in
Quincy, Illinois
In 1858, two years before he was elected president, Abraham Lincoln
ran for the U.S. Senate as a Republican against Democrat Stephen A. Douglas,
engaging him in a series of seven formal debates throughout
Illinois. On October 13 they met for the sixth debate in downtown
Quincy, just blocks east of the Mississippi River.
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