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Seven images compose this item. One is a plaque on the wall of the second floor Seymour Library. It is bronze colored and metallic and reads, from top to bottom, with each quote written in all caps and on a separate line: "Eastman Exhibit Area," "in…

Black stone grave marker (headstone) for Susan Richardson, otherwise known as "Aunt Sukey". Headstone reads "Susan Richardson 1810 - 1904 Freedom Seeker Notable Early Citizen".

Marble Headstone that reads "Susan Richardson. 1810-1904. Freedom seeker. notable early citizen

This image is of the grave marker for Susan Richardson that was made in 1980, decades after she passed away. Marked "Freedom Seeker, Notable Early Citizen".

The grave of Susan Richardson, who was a freedom seeker.

Large gray gravestone with epitaph :
"Harriet Hurd McClure
December 13 1855- May 25, 1929
Daughter of
Professor Albert Hurd
and Eleanor Pennock Hurd
Samuel S. McClure
Feb. 17, 1857 - Mar. 21, 1949"

Newer grave of Susan Richardson found in Hope Cemetery in Galesburg,IL.

The Mausoleum in Galesburg’s Hope Cemetery is a symbol of how class divides persist beyond death, despite the myth that we are all equal in death. The vault is a prominent building in the back of the cemetery that houses about 500 people’s corpses,…

A dark grey, well-polished, obelisk-shaped grave about 2-3 feet wide at its narrowest point and at least 5 feet tall. The name Gale is carved from the rock of the base. It is positioned in well-mowed grass at least 4 feet from all nearest graves