What denomination of minister was the man commemorated at the Lovejoy State Memorial?
Lovejoy State Memorial Lovejoy State Memorial is operated by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. It commemorates abolitionist newspaper editor Elijah Parish Lovejoy, who was killed by a mob while defending his printing press at Alton on November 7, 1837. Dedicated in 1897, the memorial is located in Alton City Cemetery in Alton, Illinois, and was sculpted by Robert Bringhurst and Richard Bock. The memorial consists of one tall center column topped with a bronze winged figure blowing a trumpet, two shorter columns with bronze eagles, bronze reliefs on each side of the base, and markers on the steps with information about Owen Lovejoy. Lovejoy’s grave is located nearby.
George Lovejoy George Lovejoy (died February 2003) was an Australian radio sports commentator who is known for his broadcasts of Queensland rugby league football matches in the 1950s and 60s. He called rugby league for 19 years – 652 games straight – and coined the phrase 'the greatest game of all'.