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Blazing Through History exhibit in Seymour Library

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…

Mausoleums at Galesburg's Hope Cemetery

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,…

Mother Bickerdyke Monument

Monument to Mary Ann "Mother" Bickerdyke (1817-1901) on the lawn of the Knox County Courthouse in Galesburg, Illinois to her service as a field nurse in the American Civil War.

Grave of Susan Richardson

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

Saint Crescent Glass Altar in Corpus Christi Church

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…

The Headstone of Susan Richardson

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

Prairie Mural in Alumni Hall

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…

Susan Richardson's (Aunt Suki) Grave

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".

Susan Richardson

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

Samuel S. McClure Grave

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"