River Forest, Illinois

Historical marker location:

approx. 125 Forest Ave, River Forest, Illinois

( Marker is on Forest Ave, 0.1 miles south of Washington Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2012

Proud Heritage Bright Future.

Illinois is the birthplace of several famous people, including former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Enrico Fermi, and writer Ernest Hemingway.