Web Resources

• If you wish to erect a historical marker, write:

Illinois State Historical Society, Marker’s Program
5255 Shepherd Road
Springfield, IL 62703

officemanager@historyillinois.org

217-525-2781 Option1
www.historyillinois.org
 

• Concerns dealing with the burial of Illinois war veterans should be addressed to:
Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs
833 South Spring Street, P. O. Box 19432
Springfield, Illinois 62794
1-800-437-9824 or in Springfield 217-782-6641
 

• For information on historic cemeteries as nature preserves, write:
llinois Nature Preserves Commission,
One Natural Resources Way
Springfield, Illinois 62702
217-785-8686
 

• Information for the care and maintenance of iron fences:
http://ncptt.nps.gov/wp-content/uploads/Basics-for-Iron-Fencing-Care-Participant-Guide.pdf
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
645 University Parkway
Natchitoches, LA 71457
Phone: 318-356-7444
www.ncptt.nps.gov
 

• Cemetery Preservation Nationwide:

The Association for Gravestone Studies, www.gravestonestudies.org
The Chicora Foundation, www.chicora.org
The National Park Service’s National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, www.ncptt.nps.gov

 

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