Bicentennial Park

Historical marker location:

30 N Bluff Street, Joliet, Illinois

( Marker is at the intersection of North Bluff Street and West Jefferson Street (U.S. 30), on the left when traveling north on North Bluff Street.)

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.