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Lincoln Memorial Picnic Grounds

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Part of the Shawnee National Forest, the park provides picnic shelters and a gazebo and sports a small pond. The monument commemorates the site of the third in the series of senate debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas held in 1858. Free.

Location: Public Square, Main St., Jonesboro Illinois 62952 Telephone 618-833-8576

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