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About Decatur
Home of the Central Illinois Jazz Festival and the Decatur-Macon County Fair, Decatur is situated on the banks of the Sangamon River, also known as Lake Decatur. With an average winter temperature of 31° and a summer average of 74°, the Central Illinois town enjoys relatively mild weather throughout the year. Visitors... [read more]
Decatur Factoid
Presidential matters? Abraham Lincoln delivered many of his earliest public speeches in Decatur, including a riveting one in 1856 that announced the birth of the Republican Party. During the Republican Convention of 1860, also held in Decatur, the native Illinoisan accepted his party's nomination for the presidency of the United States.