Statue Trivia

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(05-27-2017 05:16 PM)Gene C Wrote:  Is the statue in Shelbyville ?

You stumbled on the same thing that I did, Gene. I kept trying to put the second man in the sculpture as Stephen Douglas, but Roger said it was someone never mentioned before on the forum.

I forget which site I first searched and found reference to a Lincoln-Thornton debate. I had never heard of Thornton, but I did find a photo of the artwork in Shelbyville, where the two men debated at the courthouse. Congratulations, you posted first.

After reading about these long speeches (seemingly most of the time), I'll stick with reading synopses of the content -- then and now. My attention span is growing increasingly short. I guess that means I'm in my second childhood.