Vandalia,
Illinois
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The monument sits on the southeast corner
of the Old State House, Vandalia, Illinois. Originally
the monument stood at the south entrance of the former
State House. For aesthetic reasons, the state moved
the monument to its present location in 1939.
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This monument was dedicated on October
26, 1928. The keynote speaker was Judge Harry S Truman,
President of the National Old Trails Association.
The monument was rededicated on November
4, 1978.
The inscriptions read:
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(West Face)
MADONNA OF THE TRAIL
N.S.D.A.R. MEMORIAL
TO THE
PIONEER MOTHERS
OF THE
COVERED WAGON DAYS
(South Face)
THE CUMBERLAND ROAD
BUILT BY
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
WAS AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS
AND APPROVED BY
THOMAS JEFFERSON IN 1806.
VANDALIA MARKS THE
WESTERN TERMINUS.
(East Face)
THE NATIONAL
OLD TRAILS ROAD
(North Face)
AT VANDALIA, ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE
FIRST FORMULATED
THOSE BASIC HIGH PRINCIPLES
OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE
WHICH GAVE THE SLAVES
A LIBERATOR,
THE UNION A SAVIOUR.
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