This Eternal Flame

Historical marker location:

500 Opdyke Street, Chester, Illinois

( Memorial is on Ill3/ Opdyke St. near Frederick St., on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1970

A Torch of Freedom.

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.