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Happy 199th Birthday, Illinois ~
- Carolyn Welch
- Dec 4, 2017
- 1 min read
It was on December 3, 1818, that Illinois became the 21st state of the United States of America . . .
SAGE WORDS ~
"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have.
I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong."
~ Abraham Lincoln
1818
A map of what Illinois looked like in 1818.
