Action and Reaction

Action and Reaction (HM2KWD)

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N 38° 37.664', W 90° 11.039'

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Jefferson National Expansion Memorial

— National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

I am threatened with violence and death because I dare to advocate, in any way, the cause of the oppressed...And I am prepared to abide the consequences. Elijah P. Lovejoy, 1835

Elijah Lovejoy printed his antislavery newspaper, the St. Louis Observer, in his stop that once stood here. In 1835, decades before the Civil War, Lovejoy wrote a scathing editorial about a St. Louis lynching. The city's reaction brought violence to his newspaper and his family. He continued to exercise his right to free speech, promoting an end to slavery. One year later Lovejoy died for his beliefs in Alton, Illinois. He is remembered as a martyr for freedom.

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Lovejoy's editorial described the brutal mob violence, rebuking the "vengeance of a mob" at the cost of "justice...administered."

The death of Lovejoy was the most atrocious case of rioting which ever disgraced this country.
John Quincy Adams, November 1837

Lovejoy's pursuit of justice ultimately resulted in his death by a mob in nearby Alton, Illinois.

The St. Louis street grid once covered the Arch ground down to the river.
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HM NumberHM2KWD
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Placed ByNational Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
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Date Added Tuesday, September 17th, 2019 at 8:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 745138 N 4279229
Decimal Degrees38.62773333, -90.18398333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 37.664', W 90° 11.039'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 37' 39.84" N, 90° 11' 2.34" W
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