Elijah Lovejoy – Alton, IL

Elijah Lovejoy – Alton, IL

Elijah Lovejoy Lovejoy State MemorialAlton, IL By Evan Allen Wood Elijah Parish Lovejoy was shot by members of a mob and succumbed to his wounds on the evening of November 7, 1837, in Alton, Illinois. Decades later, the community erected a 110-foot-tall monument...
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