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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Jefferson County, Illinois
Adjacent to Jefferson County, Illinois
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| On 14th Street north of Main Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | This building was constructed for the Southern Division of the Illinois Supreme Court, one of three divisions created by the Constitution of 1848. Court met in lodge halls in Mount Vernon prior to completion of the center section of this building . . . — — Map (db m61702) HM |
| On 14th Street north of Main Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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This monument commemorates Abraham Lincoln's visit to this courthouse on November 18-19, 1859. At that time this building was the Illinois Supreme Court, First Grand Division, and Lincoln was here on behalf of his client, the Illinois Central . . . — — Map (db m61741) HM |
| On North 27th Street 0.1 miles south of Highland View, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Goshen Road was one of the main arteries of travel in the early 1800's, when Illinois was frontier country. The road ran in a Northwesterly direction from Shawneetown to Edwardsville - A distance of more than 150 miles. Shawneetown and . . . — — Map (db m88993) HM |
| On 14th Street north of Main Street when traveling north. |
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From 1853 until his nomination for the Presidency in 1860, Lincoln was retained as an attorney by the Illinois Central Railroad, the leading corporation in the state. During this period Lincoln handled many cases for the railroad in state and . . . — — Map (db m61742) HM |
| On 14th Street north of Main Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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In 1870 a Third State Constitution was adopted. The Constitution of 1870 provided for the establishment of the Illinois Appellate Court by the legislature after 1874. Four Districts of the Appellate Court were established in 1877. Mt. Vernon was . . . — — Map (db m61746) HM |
| On 14th Street north of Main Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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Illinois's Second State Constitution, which was adopted in 1848, provided for one Supreme Court divided into three Grand Divisions. Mt. Vernon was designated as the site of the First Grand Division, Springfield was the site of the Second Grand . . . — — Map (db m61743) HM |
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Dedicated to Veterans
of All Wars
In Memory of all
U. S. Soldiers and Sailors
This cannon was rededicated
November 8, 2003
to the memory of all
Jefferson County Veterans
The renovation work
was performed by the
1st Illinois . . . — — Map (db m61701) WM |
| On 27th Street 0.1 miles south of Logan Street, on the left when traveling south. |
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In memory of
Jefferson County Veterans
"The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten."
Calvin Coolidge
To give a life is a miracle of God
To lose a veteran is an unforgettable memory
Dedicated December 7, . . . — — Map (db m61932) WM |
| On 10th Street (Illinois Route 37) at Main Street (Illinois Route 15), on the left when traveling south on 10th Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m61904) WM |
| On 14th Street north of Main Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | This monument depicts Abraham Lincoln as he appeared in the late 1850s. In the fall of 1860, a few weeks before he was elected to the Presidency, Lincoln received a letter from Grace Bedell, an 11-year-old girl from Westfield, New York. In her . . . — — Map (db m61747) HM |
| On Broadway (Illinois Route 15) at 7th Street, on the left when traveling east on Broadway. |
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We honor all women,
past, present, and
future for their
patriotism to the
United States of America
To honor all women veterans for
their service to God, home & country — — Map (db m61760) HM WM |
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