Robert Green Ingersoll Gives Lecture in Support of James A. Garfield in Rome

On Monday, October 18, 1880, the famed freethought orator Robert Green Ingersoll delivered a political speech supporting the campaign of James A. Garfield, who would become the twentieth president of the United States. This oration took place at Sink's Opera House on 104 South Dominick Street in Rome.

Thanks to Arthur L. Simmons III, executive director of the Rome Historical Society, for research assistance.