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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LA3_site-of-camp-yates_Springfield-IL.html
Site of
Camp Yates
1861
Here
Gen. U. S. Grant
started his
Civil War career
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K11_receiving-vault_Springfield-IL.html
The remains of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) and his son William Wallace "Willie" rested in this receiving vault from May 4, 1865 to December 21, 1865. The receiving vault was built following Oak Ridge Cemetery's dedication made in 1860. The vault s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12VI_illinois-state-military-museum_Springfield-IL.html
This property has beenplaced on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12VH_our-fallen-illinois-service-members_Springfield-IL.html
In memory ofOur fallen Illinois service members inOperation Enduring FreedomandOperation Iraqi freedom"The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, prou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12VG_lincoln-the-leader_Springfield-IL.html
During four years as President, Abraham Lincoln spent much of his time among the troops. They were important because they were the people who would get the job done. He frequented the War Department's telegraph office to stay abreast of critical e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12RT_the-wedding-of-the-rose-and-the-lotus_Springfield-IL.html
This painting by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931), entitled "The Wedding of the Rose and the Lotus" was a companion piece to one of Lindsay's poems. Lindsay recited the poem in 1915 for President Woodrow Wilson's Cabinet to commemorate the open…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12RS_stuart-and-lincoln-law-office_Springfield-IL.html
Before he moved to Springfield Abraham Lincoln came to the law office of John Todd Stuart to barrow law books.Henry E. Dummer—-Stuart;s partner at the time—-recalled that the "uncouth looking" Lincoln said little and seemed timid. Yet …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12RR_florvilles-barber-shop_Springfield-IL.html
William Florville was Lincoln's barber for twenty-four years.Florville, or de Fleurville ("Billy the Barber" to his white customers), was born in Haiti of French ancestry. He came to America at age fifteen and was a barber's apprentice in Baltimor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12R5_lincoln-era-fire-companies_Springfield-IL.html
Lincoln's Springfield was vulnerable to fire, Crowded wood-frame buildings, open flames in stoves, fireplaces, candles, and primitive gas lighting ineffective alarms, muddy streets, and inadequate water supplies—-all combined to make fires p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12R4_the-lyceum_Springfield-IL.html
Lyceums were community associations that sponsored lectures, debates, and discussions.Eastern Protestant missionaries and educators brought the concept to frontier Illinois. Promoters hoped their Lyceums would disseminate knowledge and encourage c…