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On August 27, 1856, in this park, Abraham Lincoln, then an obscure lawyer, spoke at a rally for John Frémont, the Republican presidential nominee. This was the only time Lincoln addressed an audience in Michigan. The event was almost unnoticed in the press, and some Republicans felt he was too conservative on the antislavery issue. Four years later, Michigan's vote helped put Lincoln into the White House.
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Kalamazoo, Michigan · United States
