"Flow Gently, Sweet Afton"

Historical marker location:

310 1st St, Carmi, Illinois

( Marker is on 1st Street north of Stewart Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1965

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.