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Lincoln Oak
The Lincoln Oak was an oak tree in Bloomington, Illinois. Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln both gave speeches at the tree during the 1850s. The original Lincoln Oak died in 1976. ==History== The Lincoln Oak was an oak tree located in Bloomington, Illinois that was the site of several speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas between 1855 and 1860〔〔 The tree was located in an area of Bloomington known as Dimmett's Grove when Lincoln and Douglas spoke there. In 1869, near the oak, the Vrooman Mansion was built.〔 The house still overlooks the site of the Lincoln Oak today.〔 The original Lincoln Oak died in 1976;〔 in 1980 a new oak tree was planted in honor of the original Lincoln Oak.〔
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