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Illinois Monuments

  • Lincoln Heritage Trail State Monument

    The Lincoln Heritage Trail begins in the heart of the Great Wabash Valley, where a monument commemorates the 1930

  • Tribute to Farmers Monument

    This impressive, black granite piece located on the grounds of Vandalia'

  • Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site

    Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site

    The final resting place of President Lincoln, his wife and three of their four children. Constructed 1869-1874

  • Tutty Baker Monument

    Honors William "Tutty" Baker, the founder of Freeport. Tutty came to this area, which was home to the Winnebago Indians, in 1835

  • Blackhawk War Monument

    Located on the site of Kellog's Grove, an early settlement established in 1827 on a mail route between Peoria and Galena, and now on the National Register of Historic Places

  • Civil War Monument

    Civil War Monument

    A Civil War Monument of a lone Civil War soldier stands near the entrance of Riverside Cemetery on East Third Street. The Monument commemorates four major battles;

  • Popeye Statue

    Monument to Elzie Seager, Chester native and creator of "Popeye the Sailor Man."

  • Governor Bond Memorial

    The Governor Bond State Memorial marks the grave of Shadrach Bond (1773-1832), the first governor of Illinois after it attained statehood in 1818. The obelisk-style monument was erected in 1883

  • Bosshard Monument

    The monument is a tribute to Swiss poet, Heinrich Bosshard, who wrote Semparcherlied here in the 1850'