War Memorial

Historical marker location:

Stearns Park, Ludington, Michigan

( Memorial is at the intersection of Lakeshore Drive (State Highway 116) and Haight Street, on the left when traveling north on Lakeshore Drive.)

Marker installed: 1958

For God And Country. Valor.

Michigan played a key role in the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves to escape to freedom in the 19th century. Detroit was an important hub for the movement, and Michigan was the first state in the Northwest Territory to outlaw slavery in 1837.