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April 29, 1866: Carbondale’s Woodlawn Cemetery is the site of the first organized Memorial Day service in Illinois and the first in the nation, honoring those who died in the Civil War

April 28, 1867: Pi Beta Phi, regarded as the first national secret college society of women, is founded at Monmouth College by 12 female students

April 27, 1790: St. Clair County, Illinois’ first county, is established by territorial governor Arthur St. Clair

April 26, 1927: Harry “the Horse” Gallatin, the 6-foot-6-inch-tall NBA All Star, is born in Roxana

April 25, 1811: William Bissell, the first Republican to be elected governor of Illinois, is born

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