War Memorial

Historical marker location:

Hannibal, Missouri

( Memorial is on 5th Street north of Broadway, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1962

The famous Dred Scott case, which helped fuel the tensions that led to the Civil War, originated in Missouri. Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom in the Missouri courts in 1857, but the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately ruled against him.