REWARD OFFERED: The City Council of Bunker Hill would like to announce that they are offering an additional reward of $1,000 to the reward currently offered by the American Legion which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the defacement of the Veteran’s Memorial at Mae Whitaker Park. The City would like to express their deep distress over the actions which led to the damage of the Memorial and ask the townspeople to come forward with any information they may have and report it to the Bunker Hill Police Department.  Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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Bunker Hill is a city in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,801 at the 2000 census. The original inhabitants of the Bunker Hill area were members of the Peoria, Kickapoo, and Winnebago Indian tribes.

GEOGRAPHY: Bunker Hill is located at 39°2′29″N 89°57′3″W (39.041452, -89.950898). According to the 2010 census, Bunker Hill has a total area of 1.285 square miles (3.33 km2), of which 1.26 square miles (3.26 km2) (or 98.05%) is land and 0.025 square miles (0.06 km2) (or 1.95%) is water.

Zip codes: 62014. Estimated median household income in 2017: $46,847 (it was $37,156 in 2000).

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History of the Lincoln Statue

The monument is composed of an over life-sized standing figure of Abraham Lincoln mounted on a tall, stepped granite pedestal, with a life-sized female allegorical figure (representing Liberty) kneeling on the lowest step. Lincoln is looking down his right index finger pointing toward Liberty. He grasps a manuscript in his left hand. Liberty, dressed in a long flowing classical gown holds a stylus in her right hand as if writing the words, "With malice toward none, " which are incised in the granite pedestal. The incised lettering has been filled with lead.

 

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