Culp Lane Park

Historical marker location:

4431 Culp Lane, Bethalto, Illinois

( Marker can be reached from Culp Lane, 0.3 miles east of Stadium Drive, on the right when traveling east.)

History of the Park.

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.