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  2. Lincoln Tomb - Wikipedia

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    The World War II Illinois Veterans Memorial was dedicated in December 2004. This memorial honors the 987,000 Illinois men and women who served in World War II and the 22,000 who gave their lives. [10] Its focal point is a white 22-ton concrete globe flanked on two sides by black granite walls.

  3. Camp Lincoln Commissary Building - Wikipedia

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    The Culver Stone Company, which constructed several of Springfield's public buildings, built the commissary. The rusticated limestone building is designed to resemble a castle, as it features turrets and battlements along its roof. The building now houses a military museum. [2]

  4. List of quarries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    W.N. Flynt Granite Co., in Monson, Massachusetts, a granite quarry that opened in 1809 and operated until 1935. By 1888, the company employed over 200 workers, and produced about 30,000 tons of granite per year. Quincy Quarries Reservation, in Quincy, Massachusetts, producer of granite from 1826 to 1963, including for the Bunker Hill Monument.

  5. Oak Ridge Cemetery - Wikipedia

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    Oak Ridge Cemetery is an American cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. The Lincoln Tomb, where Abraham Lincoln, his wife and all but one of their children lie, is there, as are the graves of other prominent Illinois figures. Opened in 1860, it was the third and is now the only public cemetery in Springfield, after the City Cemetery and Hutchinson ...

  6. List of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    This list of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois, has 89 entries including Eads Bridge, which spans into Missouri and which the National Park Service credits to Missouri's National Historic Landmark list. Also added are two sites that were once National Historic Landmarks before having their designations removed.

  7. Biden designates national monument for 1908 Illinois race riot

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    President Biden on Friday designated a new national monument at the site of the 1908 Springfield, Ill., race riot, a deadly incident that paved the way for the creation of the NAACP. In remarks ...

  8. Bust of Abraham Lincoln (Borglum) - Wikipedia

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    The sculpture was donated to Congress by the New York financier Eugene Meyer Jr., as recorded on the marble pedestal also designed by Borglum on which the bust was installed in 1911. For many decades it was displayed in United States Capitol rotunda , which still has a standing statue of Lincoln made by Vinnie Ream in 1871.

  9. List of memorials to the Grand Army of the Republic - Wikipedia

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    40-foot high granite Preservation of the Union Monument (1892), in Bath National Cemetery. Memorial in Nondaga Cemetery, erected by Custer Post 81 in 1916 in observance of Memorial Day. Buffalo: Soldiers and Sailors Monument dedicated in Lafayette Square in 1884. By 1889, the monument began to list and was reconstructed. [67] New York City:

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