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 Alexander Macomb & Thomas MacDonough Relief Images - Macomb, IL Posted by:  YoSam.
N 40° 27.631 W 090° 40.225
15T E 697518 N 4481478
The city and county are named after these two heroes.
Waymark Code: WMVV9A
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 05/28/2017
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County of art: McDonough County
Location of art: N. Randolph St. & Carroll St., Chandler Park, Macomb
Donated by: Capt. Albert Eads
Dedicated" September 11, 1914
Artist: Unknown
Text on Monument: [Image]
In Memory of Major General
Alexander Macomb
Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army
1825 - 1841
Hero of the Battle of Plattsburg, N.Y.
September 9, 1814.
Born April 8, 1782
Died June 25, 1841.
He served his country for a period of more than forty years.
[Image]
In Memory of Commodore
Thomas MacDonough, U.S.N.
The Hero of Lake Champlain
September 11, 1814.
Born December 23, 1786
Died November 10, 1825.
"The Almighty has been pleased to grant us a sign of
Victory on a Lake Champlain in the capture of one
frigate, one brig, and two sloops of war of the enemy."
Commodore Thomas MacDonough
to the Secretary of the Navy, Sept. 11, 1814.
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Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 09/11/1914
Where is this sculpture?:
E. Calhoun St., Macomb, IL 61455
Sculptors Name: Unknown
Website for sculpture?: Not listed
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