Lincoln Trail Monument, Westport, IL
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YoSam.
N 38° 40.986 W 087° 32.184
16S E 453345 N 4281747
On the banks of the Wabash, just across the river from Vincennes, Indiana, as Lincoln entered Illinois for the first time.
Waymark Code: WM4NCP
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2008
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Monument Sculpted by: Nellie Verne Walker (1874-1973).
Monument Materials Are: Cast Bronze and Indiana Limestone.
Monument Erected by: The Illinois Organization of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution.
Dedication and Presentation to the State of Illinois: June 14, 1938.
County of Monument: Lawrence County.
Location of Monument: IL-33, Illinois side of Wabash River Bridge, Westport.
Restoration by: Mrs. Ronald L. Mordhorst, State Regent NSDAR.
Date Restoration Complete: October 8, 1988.
Restoration Plaque Text:
50th Anniversary
Lovingly Restored for the
People of Illinois
and Rededicated by the
Illinois State Organization NSDAR.Monument Text:
IN THE LATE WINTER OF 1830 A FEW WEEKS AFTER HIS 21st BIRTHDAY
ABRAHAM LINCOLN PASSED THIS WAY WITH HIS FATHER'S FAMILY
ENTERING THE STATE OF ILLINOIS FOR THE FIRST TIME.Monument Description:
A full-length standing bronze figure of Lincoln set against a sculptured limestone wall panel. Lincoln holds a stick in his right hand. The wall relief is composed of several rectangular blocks and depicts the profiles of three adults and two children walking with an ox-driven covered wagon. An angel flies above the group looking back at them.