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Unforgettable Lincoln Days on the Spoon River Drive

Fri, Oct 03 – Sat, Oct 04, 2025

Courthouse Square, Macomb, IL 61455

Spoon River Drive Hosts Unforgettable Lincoln Days

Unforgettable Lincoln Days is a celebration of Visit Forgottonia’s Unforgettable connection to our nation’s most popular and enduring leader. Macomb is where Lincoln stayed on many occasions and the spot where he devised the famous “Freeport Question”.

The event features the world’s only giant Living Lincoln Topiary Monument, “selfie” opportunities with the nation's leading Abraham Lincoln interpreter, entertainment from historic singer/songwriter, and roots musician Chris Vallillo, Macomb’s historic Looking For Lincoln Historic Self-Guide Tour powered by eATLAS, horse drawn trolley rides, Civil War reactors encampment, working Blacksmith, Looking For Lincoln’s Illinois Underground Rail Road display, Hy-Vee’s Looking For Flat Lincoln Scavenger Hunt, a special three-story tall “Living Lincoln Mural“ and as the event’s centerpiece our original play When Macomb Hosted Lincoln: Devising the Freeport Question by Dr. Tim Roberts, plus more surprises.

This program is supported in part by Looking For Lincoln, Visit Unforgettable Forgottonia, eATLAS, Hy-Vee and a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

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