Debate Site Redevelopment
The Quincy City Council and Quincy Park Board have approved a plan to enhance the Lincoln-Douglas Debate Site in Washington Park. Improvements are targeted for completion by June 2008, which will make the site ready for debate anniversary activities.
The Improvements
- Concrete blocks and planter in front of the Laredo Taft bas relief will be replaced by a new concrete plaza with an engraved 1858 map of the United States.
- A low limestone wall will flank the monument to provide a surface for interpretive markers. Sloping granite tabliets will accommodate six pairs of “Point-Counterpoint” quotations Lincoln and Douglas made during the debate.
- A raised limestone base will be added to the existing monument bearing information about the monument’s history and sculptor.
- Flag poles and area lighting will be added.
- Two Looking for Lincoln storyboards will be installed at the sidewalk to provide historical context of the debate and teh City of Quincy.
Funding Opportunities
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opportunities available.
City of Quincy Lincoln Bicentennial Commission 706 Maine Quincy, Illinois 62301
Abraham Jonas and Other Quincy Friends
Stephen A. Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln, Douglas
Quincy Ties
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Debate Site Redevelopment
Debate Day
In Quincy
Contributions
Why This Debate?
Stream Quincy’s Douglas Symposium