County: Logan
Location: The marker is located in Lincoln,
at the intersection of Broadway and Sangamon Street, on the
southeast side of the tracks in the east corner of the
grounds by the Amtrak Station.
N 40o 08.868
W 089o 21.816
Erected: 03/01/1965 Erected by: Lincoln Kiwanis, Lions & Rotary Clubs and The Illinois State Historical Society
Near this site Abraham Lincoln christened the town with the juice of a watermelon when the first lots were sold on August 27, 1853. President-elect Lincoln spoke here, November 21, 1860, while traveling to Chicago and Lincoln's funeral train stopped here, May 3, 1865, before completing the trip to Springfield.
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