Retired Madison County Associate Judge Duane Bailey gave the keynote speech Thursday at the Lovejoy Day ceremony held at the Lovejoy Monument in Alton. Alton High School student Aden Mayhew sang ...

Lovejoy Day featured speaker Eugene Jones Baldwin, left, greets Lovejoy Memorial Board member Edmond Gray at the conclusion of the ceremony in the Alton City Cemetery on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024.

Trapani Staff Sergeants Alex Gatica (left) and Dylan Wheeler (right) present the flags at the Lovejoy Memorial ceremony Tuesday afternoon in Alton. ALTON – A memorial ceremony for Elijah P.

ALTON — Events have been finalized for Lovejoy Week 2019 Nov. 3-9, a celebration of Elijah. P. Lovejoy ... on Nov. 7 will include Human Rights Awards presented to Joanne Adams and James Killion ...

at the Elijah P. Lovejoy monument in Alton City Cemetery. The ceremony is one of three events planned Nov. 9-10 in memory of Lovejoy, an abolitionist and Presbyterian minister who was fatally shot ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad Johnson is the recipient of the $25,000 Elijah P. Lovejoy Memorial Scholarship and the award was made during a special ceremony on Sunday at Alton’s ...

ALTON – The June Memorial Service/Scholarship Awards Program of the Elijah P. Lovejoy Memorial will be held on Sunday, June 12 at the Lovejoy Gravesite in Alton City Cemetery at 1205 E.

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ALTON – The June Memorial Service/Scholarship Awards Program of the Elijah P. Lovejoy Memorial is planned Sunday, June 11 at the Lovejoy Gravesite in Alton City Cemetery. The gravesite is ...

including Lovejoy Memorial Board President Bonnie Fox. “This ceremony is a time to think of all the things Elijah P. Lovejoy did to try and rid this area of racism, and this sends a message to ...