Statue Erected
by
Daughters of the American Revolution
in Memory of Soldiers of the War for Independence
who are buried in Vermilion County.
William Adams •
David Baird •
Jacob Gundy •
Hugh King •
Thomas Morton •
Joseph Coughran . . . — — Map (db m241668) WM
Mourn for Fight for
the Dead the Living
Remember Vermilion County Workers
Killed on the Job
Left Column of Names
David Farnsworth - Danville PBPA •
Charles Deck - UAW # 579 •
David . . . — — Map (db m10556) HM
Lincoln attended court in the building that stood on this spot from 1841 until elected President. He was involved in more than 200 legal procedures in Vermilion County. — — Map (db m10701) HM
Since before the founding of our Republic and throughout our history, American women have fought for freedom selflessly and with little or no recognition for their contributions. — — Map (db m10548) HM
In Honor of Astronaut Joe Tanner - Danville Native - November 3, 1994
In memory of Astronaut Christa McAuliffe - Teacher - January 28, 1986
"The Dream is Alive" — — Map (db m10726) HM
Upper - Center Panel
Honor and Glory to our Fighting Heroes
Condolence to those who’s loved ones have fallen in battle, and a proud though regrettable chapter in Vermilion County’s History of World War 2.
Lower - Center . . . — — Map (db m10722) WM
Back of Stone Bench - At Entrance
Dedicated to those who served, and to the principles upon which this great country was founded. This memorial stands in humble gratitude.
Left Section
Korea 1950 - 1953
Heroes of . . . — — Map (db m10755) WM
Left Panel
A FRIEND FOREVER
“I appeal to you because I can to no other with so much confidence,” Lincoln said to Doctor William H. Fithian, August 15, 1860. He was asking for Fithian’s assistance in a . . . — — Map (db m29721) HM
Upper Marker
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior
Lower Marker
Local Historic Landmark
Danville Historic
Preservation . . . — — Map (db m11195) HM
Abraham Lincoln made his only speech in Warren
County, Indiana near this
spot Feb. 11, 1861.“Gentlemen of Indiana: I am happy to meet you on this occasion, and enter again the state of my early life, and almost of maturity. I am under many . . . — — Map (db m5490) HM
Left Section
Danville was a destination for Abraham Lincoln for nearly twenty years. He first came to the village of a few hundred residents when he was a thirty-two-year-old attorney in 1841.
Elizabeth Harmon described the early . . . — — Map (db m29481) HM
On the Bloomington Road
The Fort Clark Road, later known as the Bloomington or State Road, was an important artery for commerce between Danville and Urbana. The road was first approved in 1826 by the Illinois Assembly. It was the first . . . — — Map (db m23850) HM
Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor is the United States government's highest and most prestigious military decoration that may be awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, Space Force guardians, and coast guardsmen who . . . — — Map (db m262170) WM
It was near here, at a grove of maple trees, that Illinois Senatorial Candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas spoke in September of 1858. During the height of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, the men came to Danville to greet the people of Old . . . — — Map (db m51555) HM
At noon on February 11, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln’s inaugural train stopped at the Great Western Depot located here. It was the day before his 52nd birthday. He had been coming to Vermilion County for twenty years to attend Circuit Court in . . . — — Map (db m5489) HM
One of the original Milestones which marked the trail from Vincennes to Chicago.
This stone was No. 93 which designated the number of miles from Vincennes. — — Map (db m11651) HM
One of the original Milestones which marked the Trail from Vincennes to Chicago.
This stone was No. 97 which designated the number of miles from Vincennes. — — Map (db m11658) HM
The Original Milestone 121
marked by Barbara Standish Chapter NSDAR 1930
Replaced by them and the
Rossville Historical Society 1984 — — Map (db m11636) HM
William Auth • Ralph Barron • C. Nolan Smith • Earl Ralph Hart • Louis Eddy Davis • Rolf Leo McManus • Howard Henry Hardy • Doy William Skinner • Maurice James Peters • William Roy Hinthorn • Allington Joyce Jolly • Robert Benjamin Huffman • Edmund . . . — — Map (db m276424) WM
“The Temple” - Plaque
Completed in 1901, the Temple Building occupied this site for 100 years. In 1879 members of the Olive Branch Lodge bought the corner lot at Vermilion and North Streets for a new Masonic Temple. The . . . — — Map (db m37000) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.