Honoring Soldiers

Historical marker location:

1020 South 5th Street, Quincy, Illinois

( Marker can be reached from South 5th Street south of Madison Street, on the right.)

Woodland Cemetery.

The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was held in Chicago in 1893. The fair was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World, and it attracted over 27 million visitors from around the world.