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Our Quietest Neighbors: He wrote the lyrics for Illinois’ state song

Tucked in a quiet section of Forest Home Cemetery is a small, red granite headstone that’s easy to overlook, but on closer inspection, you’ll notice it is engraved with the lyrics to the state song of Illinois:  When you heard your countrycalling, Illinois, Illinois,Where the shot and shellwere falling Illinois, Illinois,When the Southern Host withdrew, pitting […]

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