Historical Marker
The Morrison Talbott Library
Historical marker location:
215 Park Street, Waterloo, Illinois
( Marker can be reached from Park Street (Route 156) just east of South Liberty Street, on the left when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 2017
215 Park Street. Waterloo, Monroe Co., Ill., Laid out in 1818.
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.