The Quincy Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Proudly Announces

Stephen A. Douglas:
From Quincy to Congress
A Retrospective on a Favorite Son


City of Quincy Lincoln Bicentennial Commission    706 Maine    Quincy, Illinois 62301

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Convocation

The Hon. John Spring
Mayor of Quincy

Welcome To Douglas’s Quincy

 

 

 

Overview

Dr. David Costigan

Setting the Stage

 

 

 

Keynote

Stephen A. Douglas and the Dilemmas of Democratic Equality

 

Dr. James L. Huston

Winning the Battles While Losing the War: Stephen A. Douglas’s Reputation in History.

 

 

 

Session I:     The Hon. Stephen A. Douglass of Illinois

 

Reg Ankrom

“. . .I have become a Western man.”

 

 

 

Session II:    Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln

 

The Hon. Robert Hunter

The Long and the Short of Them

 

 

 

Session III:   Abraham Lincoln on His Friend Judge Douglas

 

George Buss

“. . .He was the least man I ever saw.”

 

 

 

Session IV:    Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln

 

Gary DeClue

Douglas in His Own Words

Douglas and Dilemmas

Symposium Keynote Address

Dr. James L. Huston,
Regents Distinguished Professor
Oklahoma State University

Author of

Stephen A. Douglas
And the Dilemmas
Of Democratic Equality

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Admission is free (lunch included), but seating is limited. 
Advance Registration is required.

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Continuing Professional Development Units will be available to teachers attending.

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