Local News

Bement Celebrating 200th Birthday of Francis Bryant

This month is the 200th birthday of Francis Bryant, a well known figure in Piatt County during the late 1800s.
 
The Francis Bryant Cottage in Bement will be the site for several celebrations over the year and Ben Pollard indicates Bryant's story has connections to the Democratic Party of the 1850s and 1860s and Stephen Douglas.
 
 
Bryant also played a pretty instrumental role in the great Lincoln/Douglas debates during that Senate race. Pollard explains it was Bryant that was able to get the two together, in Bryant Cottage, and agree to doing a series of debates around the state.
 
 
The Cottage was recently named to the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois. Pollard says they will be doing a lot of events as the year goes along to celebrate the 200th birthday of Francis Bryant. To get more information find them on Facebook by searching Bryant Cottage Historic Site.

Townhall Top of the Hour News

Local Weather - Sponsored By:

CLINTON WEATHER

Local News

DeWittDN on Facebook