Harvey Milk

Historical marker location:

3444 North Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois

( Marker is on North Halsted Street, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2012

The Legacy Walk.

Illinois was the first state in the country to ratify the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery. The amendment was ratified by Illinois on February 1, 1865, before it was ratified by any other state.