Called to Duty

Historical marker location:

1022 Vandalia St, Collinsville, Illinois

( Memorial is on Vandalia Street (Illinois Route 159) just north of Tillotson Avenue, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2019

<i>"Greater love hath no man "</i> John 15:13. <i>"Lest we Forget!"</i>.

The first televised presidential debate in history was held in Illinois in 1960 between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. The debate was held at the studios of CBS in Chicago and was watched by an estimated 70 million people.