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Illinois Centennial Monument

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surrounding the base depict figures of Native Americans, explorers, farmers and laborers intended to show the great changes experienced during the state's 1st century. Although Bacon designed the main column,
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and Logan Boulevard in the public square known as Logan Square. The monument is cased in
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Illinois Centennial Memorial Column rests in the center of the square named for
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In Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic
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and a concrete plaque dedicated to American soldiers who died in
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American Civil War
John A. Logan
Logan Square
community area
Chicago Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
Logan Square Boulevards Historic District
Illinois
Henry Bacon
Lincoln Memorial
Washington, DC
marble
Doric
column
Flag of Illinois
Reliefs
Evelyn Beatrice Longman
Milwaukee Avenue
Tennessee marble
colonnade
Parthenon
Greece
flagpole
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Benjamin Ferguson
Daniel Boone
Hiawatha

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