Jacksonville in Morgan County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Morgan County Chapter Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)

We're In It For Lives

— Founded April 15, 1985 —

Morgan County Chapter Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 25, 2026

1. Morgan County Chapter Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Monument

Inscription.

In Memory of Victims
Drunk Driving Crashes
April 23, 1990
April 15, 1991
April 27, 1992
April 24, 1995
April 18, 1997
April 19, 1999
April 28, 2001
April 6, 2003

In Remembrance
10th Anniversary of
Kentucky Bus Crash Victims
May 14, 1998

Erected by Morgan County Chapter Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD).

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • Education • Roads & Vehicles • Women. A significant historical date for this entry is April 15, 1985.

Location. 39° 42.418′ N, 90° 13.032′ W. Marker is in Jacksonville, Illinois, in Morgan County. It is on Holkenbrink Drive, on the left when traveling south. Memorial and markers are in Nichols Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Jacksonville IL 62650, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

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least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Morgan County POW ★ MIA Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Morgan County Vietnam Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); First Illinois State Hospital for the Insane (approx. 1.1 miles away); Big Eli Wheel No. 17 (approx. 1.3 miles away); Stephen Arnold Douglas (approx. 1.3 miles away); C.D. (Pat) Kenny (approx. 1.6 miles away); Jacksonville Bandstand (approx. 1.6 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jacksonville.

More about this marker. The individual markers are placed at nearby trees (the contributor may have missed several).

Also see . . . Hopeful MADD will go out of business someday (State Journal-Register, 2015). (Submitted on February 26, 2026, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Morgan County Chapter Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 25, 2026

2. Morgan County Chapter Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Memorial

Morgan County Chapter Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 25, 2026

3. Morgan County Chapter Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Marker

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 25, 2026

4. Morgan County Chapter Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Marker

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 25, 2026

5. Morgan County Chapter Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Marker

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 25, 2026

6. Morgan County Chapter Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Marker

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 25, 2026

7. Morgan County Chapter Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Marker

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 25, 2026

8. Morgan County Chapter Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Marker

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 25, 2026

9. Morgan County Chapter Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Marker

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 25, 2026

10. Morgan County Chapter Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Marker

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 25, 2026

11. Morgan County Chapter Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Marker

Morgan County Chapter Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Memorial and Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 25, 2026

12. Morgan County Chapter Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Memorial and Markers

Credits. This page was last revised on February 26, 2026. It was originally submitted on February 26, 2026, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 60 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. submitted on February 26, 2026, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.