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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,…

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…

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,."

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”.

Carved wood chair with slightly faded red velvet upholstery, located next to a brick fireplace.

A color print originally on a postcard. A large gathering of people dressed in 1800s fashion, with a man standing on a wagon in the forefront. They are standing in front of a building with an American flag flying on top of it, and a banner across the…

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

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

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