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The Elijah P. Lovejoy Monument, also known as the Elijah Lovejoy Monument, Elijah Parrish Lovejoy Shaft, Lovejoy Monument, and Lovejoy State Memorial, [1] is a memorial in Alton, Illinois to Elijah P. Lovejoy, an advocate of free speech and the abolition of slavery. Lovejoy had moved his press across the Mississippi River to Alton after his ...
This monument memorializes Elijah P. Lovejoy, whose work and death in Alton gave him a place in history for the abolition of slavery. During the slavery era, Elijah Lovejoy was a pastor who wrote anti-slavery editorials so controversial he became an object of hatred by slaveholders. Despite threats to his life, he continued his anti-slavery ...
May 31, 2019 · Nestled along the Mississippi River in southwest Illinois is a historic monument that does something quite bizarre. The Elijah P. Lovejoy Monument is part memorial and part whispering wall. TripAdvisor/John W. The monument itself sits atop a bluff 300 feet above the river. The main structure is 93 feet tall with a 17-foot-tall winged figure ...
The Lovejoy monument sits at the edge of the large and historic Alton City Cemetery, which sits at the top of the historic Hunterstown neighborhood of Alton, Illinois. That neighborhood is marked with historic homes lining brick streets with native limestone curbs. In the cemetery where the Lovejoy monument is located, Lovejoy's grave sits on ...
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Cemetery and Monument Open Dawn to Dusk Daily. 800-258-6645. Visit Website. Get Directions. lat: 38.8897781 long: -90.1660461. Elijah Lovejoy was one of the most important Midwestern abolitionists in the years leading up to the American Civil War. Born in Maine to a devout Presbyterian family in November of 1802, Lovejoy was encouraged by his ...
Elijah P. Lovejoy Monument. Monument & 5th Streets. Alton, Illinois 62002. Phone: (800) 258-6645. Hours: Cemetery and Monument Open Dawn to Dusk Daily. Elijah Parish Lovejoy was a staunch abolitionist who owned a newspaper called the St. Louis Observer in Missouri. Missouri being a slave state, Lovejoy dealt with constant harassment and decided ...
Lovejoy State MemorialAlton, IL. By Evan Allen Wood. Elijah Parish Lovejoy was shot by members of a mob and succumbed to his wounds on the evening of November 7, 1837, in Alton, Illinois. Decades later, the community erected a 110-foot-tall monument honoring him. The monument has a central granite column with a winged statue of Victory cast in ...
