Look for These Historic MarkersThe
Governor Bradford Chapter dedicated a bronze statue of a volunteer
Connecticut minuteman atop a pink sparkly stone base with fountain.
The names of 14 Revolutionary War soldiers buried in
Vermilion
County are engraved in the statue base: William Adams, David
Baird, Robert Brownfield, Joseph Coughran, Kinzer Dickerson, John
Frasier, Jacob Gundy, Daniel Harrington, James Huls, William Harris,
Hugh King, Thomas Makernson, Thomas Morton, Harris and Zachariah
Robertson, Sr. Two of these soldiers, Frazier and Robertson,
were
present with Washington during Cornwallis' surrender. The Minuteman
statue is a sculpture by Daniel Chester French.
The Illinois State Organization placed a rectangular marker on the northwest intersection of Main Street and Logan Avenue (near Ellsworth Park) in Danville to mark Abraham Lincoln's route in the Eighth Judicial District. It says: "Abraham
Lincoln traveled this
way as he rode the circuit of the Eighth Judicial District, 1847-1857."
The
chapter also placed a rectangular marker on the First National Bank
building, currently Breese Towers, at 4 North Vermilion to honor
Lincoln. It reads:"Abraham
Lincoln occupied offices in a building on this site while practicing
law in the Eighth Judicial District from 1847-1859. Erected
by
the Governor Bradford Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution
1923."
The
chapter placed a rectangular marker on a stone directly southeast of
the previous Dr. William Fithian home at 115 North Gilbert Street.
Abraham Lincoln spoke from the balcony of the home
where he
was an overnight guest. Dr. Fithian's home is now the home of
the
Vermilion County Museum.
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