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- GLC#
- GLC05865
- Type
- Objects
- Date
- 1860
- Title
- [Wide-awake election of 1860 campaign ribbon]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 ribbon Height: 12.5 cm, Width: 6.3 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson Lincoln
Republican campaign ribbon supporting Abraham Lincoln for President printed with "Wide Awake," and a large eye. Printed on white silk. Thousands of young men turned out in "Wide Awake" torchlight parades in support of Lincoln. The Wide Awakes are credited with helping Lincoln win the Republican presidential nomination at the Wigwam convention Hall in Chicago. Their stand against slavery helped bring the party to greater national attention.
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