621 N. 9th Street

Historical marker location:

621 North 9th Street, East St. Louis, Illinois

( Marker is on North 9th Street just south of Pennsylvania Avenue, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2017

Remembering the 1917 East St. Louis Race Riot.

Abraham Lincoln, one of the most famous presidents in U.S. history, spent much of his early political career in Illinois. He served in the Illinois state legislature and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois in 1846.