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Old Main, Knox College (5th Debate)

2 E South St
Galesburg, IL 61401
United States

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https://www.knox.edu/academics/research-and-creative-work/lincoln-studies-center/knox-and-lincoln

Site of the fifth Lincoln-Douglas debate in 1858. President Lincoln received an honorary degree from Knox College in 1860, the first academic honor of any kind for him.

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