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Lincoln's Speech

Danville, Illinois
· from the Fithian Home Balcony
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On September 21, 1858, Abraham Lincoln arrived at the Wabash Station in Danville, was followed to the Fithian Home by a parade and a company of his supporters, and later spoke from the balcony of the home in his stocking feet to the people in the yard below.
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