C-SPAN Lincoln-Douglas Debate-Galesburg

C-Span Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1994. Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois

Michael Krebs climbing out the window
of the Old Main Building, just as
Abraham Lincoln did in 1858.

"Now I can say that I have successfully

passed through college."

Abraham Lincoln

"We decided to be faithful to history and present Lincoln clean shaven, because we all know Lincoln was beardless at the time. Having the only original site demanded accuracy, and the people of Galesburg were so committed. Knox College is known for connections with Lincoln. I felt so honored to have that challenge.”

Michael Krebs

Larry Diemer as Stephen Douglas with the great people of Galesburg, IL

Ten Douglas descendants (two pictured above) made the the trip to Galesburg for the 1994 re-enactment.
Robert Dick Douglas (Great-grandson to Stephen Douglas, pictured above twice) was the first to greet Michael Krebs and Larry Diemer as they left the stage following their performance.

This page is dedicated to the late Ted Hippely, Director of the 1994 Galesburg Debate.

You may purchase The DVD Galesburg Debate at this link to the C-Span Store

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Here are titled video clips from the Galesburg Debate

October 7, 1858 Mr. Douglas spoke for an hour, Mr. Lincoln for an hour and a half, and Mr. Douglas replied for another half hour. Between 15,000 and 20,000 people witnessed the event. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates continues to be a C-Span most popular series, considered a classic program on their web site.

William L. Brown crafted this notecard and logo for C-SPAN to commemorate the network's 1994 coverage of the Lincoln-Douglas debate re-enactments, This one in an eight-card series which includes representations of the seven original senatorial debate sites of 1858, and the Illinois state capital, Springfield . The artist has created award-winning scratchboard illustrations since 1987
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