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.
Don Mountjoy Donald Alfred "Don" Mountjoy (19 October 1906 – 8 January 1988) was an Australian politician. Born in Middle Swan, Western Australia, he was educated at state schools before becoming a labourer and railwayman, as well as an official with the Australian Railways Union. In 1943, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Swan, defeating sitting member Thomas Marwick. He was defeated by the Country Party's Len Hamilton in 1946, but later that year was appointed executive member of the CSIRO, where he remained until 1949. Mountjoy died in 1988.