The Madonna of the Trail, Vandalia Illinois
West FaceMADONNA OF THE TRAIL
N.S.D.A.R. MEMORIAL
TO THE
PIONEER MOTHERS
OF THE
COVERED WAGON DAYS
South FaceTHE CUMBERLAND ROAD
BUILT BY
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
WAS AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS
AND APPROVED BY
THOMAS JEFFERSON IN 1806.
VANDALIA MARKS THE
WESTERN TERMINUS.
East FaceTHE NATIONAL
OLD TRAILS ROAD
North FaceAT VANDALIA, ABRAHAM LINCOLN
MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE,
FIRST FORMULATED
THOSE BASIC PRINCIPLES
OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE
WHICH GAVE THE SLAVES
A LIBERATOR,
THE UNION A SAVIOUR.
Back