State of Illinois Seal - Vicksburg, MS
N 32° 21.577 W 090° 50.483
15S E 703113 N 3582346
A mosaic of the State of Illinois seal is on the floor of the Illinois Memorial at the Vicksburg National Military Park in Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA.
Waymark Code: WMC22Y
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 07/16/2011
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The...seal features an eagle pitched on a rock carrying a shield in its talons and a banner with the state motto in its beak. It closely resembles the coat of arms of Mexico, which depicts an eagle with a snake in its mouth. Thirteen stars and thirteen stripes on the shield represent the original thirteen states of the Union. ...the motto...reflected with the original wording, with "State Sovereignty" placed below "National Union" with "Sovereignty" upside down, decreasing its readability. The date August 26, 1818, when Illinois's first constitution was adopted in Kaskaskia, appears along the bottom arc of the circle, and 1818, the year of statehood, displays on the seal below 1868, the year the current seal was adopted."
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"The Illinois State Memorial is located on Union Avenue at milepost 1.8, tour stop #2. Dedicated on October 26, 1906, the monument was transferred to the United States by Governor C.S. Deneen and accepted by J. S. Schofield of the United States War Department. It was erected by the firm of Culver Construction Company with William B. Mundie contracting the designers and sculptors. The design was by W. L. B. Jenney and sculptor was Charles J. Mulligan.
"Stone Mountain (GA) granite forms the base and stairway. Above the base is Georgia white marble. There are forty-seven steps in the long stairway, one for each day of the Siege of Vicksburg. Modeled after the Roman Pantheon, the monument has sixty unique bronze tablets lining its interior walls, naming all 36,325 Illinois soldiers who participated in the Vicksburg Campaign. The monument stands sixty-two feet in height, and originally cost $194,423.92, paid by the state of Illinois."
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