Title
Madonna of the Trail, Vandalia
Subject
Women
Mothers
Statues
Frontier and pioneer life
Wagons
Illinois--Vandalia
Capitols--U.S. states
Mother and child
Public art
United States--Cumberland Road
Daughters of the American Revolution
Description
The Madonna of the Trail statue in Vandalia is the seventh of twelve Madonna of the Trail statues along the National Old Trails Road running from Cumberland, Maryland to Upland, California. The National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) dedicated the Vandalia statue on October 26, 1928, in front of the 1837 Old State Capitol, or State House as it is known today. The statue's inscription reads: "N.S.D.A.R. Memorial to the Pioneer Mothers of the Covered Wagon Days."
Photo caption: "Statue, Madonna of the Trail's background is face of old Capitol, Vandalia."
Photo caption: "Statue, Madonna of the Trail's background is face of old Capitol, Vandalia."
Creator
Matsoukas, Nick John
Publisher
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Date
n.d.
Format
jpg
Language
eng
Identifier
401250
Federal Writers Project
Original Format
commercial print
b&w
55
15 x 9 cm