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After explaining that prairie burning is originally a Native American practice, Professor Stuart Allison says that "we're maintaining that tradition of burning prairies, keeping them open. It's both an ecological and a cultural activity,."

This mural is a large image of the Green Oaks prairie printed on a wall at the top of the stairs on the third floor of Alumni Hall. One image of this mural is zoomed out, and one image is zoomed in to show the white text in the bottom left of the…

It's a sign that represents the Ronald Reagan Trail. Its a collection of highways in central Illinois that connect parts of Illinois that were important for former President Ronald Reagan

This image is a picture of the burial site of Saint Crescent. It's believed that St. Crescent protects Galesburg from getting hit from a tornado. The plaque images tell the story of how Saint Crescent got to Galesburg. The other image shows the saint…

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"

St. Crescent, a child whose bones have been preserved in wax encased in a glass altar. The memorial states “Corpvs S. Crescentis Pueri Mar. N.P”, Latin for “The Body of the boy Saint Crescent”.

A statue depicting Carl Sandburg and a goat in the town square of Galesburg Illinois.

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

The gravesite of freedom seeker, Susan Richardson

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".