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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, during the 116th anniversary of the Springfield Race Riot, which occurred August 14-16, 1908, President Joe Biden signed a proclamation designating the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument. In December, Congresswoman Budzinski led a letter with U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin and 12 Illinois colleagues calling for President Biden to take today’s action. The new national monument will tell the story of a horrific attack by a white mob on a Black community that was representative of the racism, intimidation and violence that Black Americans experienced across the country. National outrage at the attack – which occurred just blocks away from President Abraham Lincoln’s home – spurred action on civil rights, including the creation of the organization now known as the NAACP. “It was an honor to join President Biden in the Oval Office as he designated the 1908 Springfield Race Riot site as

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– U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today joined President Joe Biden in the Oval Office for the President’s signing ceremony to officially declare the 1908 Springfield Race Riot Site as a national monument to be managed by the U.S. National Park Service through an Antiquities Act proclamation. Duckworth has been a steadfast leader in securing national monument recognition for the 1908 Springfield Race Riot Site, a critical event in American history that spurred the creation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). With less than a quarter of National Parks devoted to recognizing the histories of diverse peoples and cultures, designating the 1908 Race Riot Site a national monument will help guarantee that public lands reflect the diversity of our country. “The 1908 Springfield Race Riot site is of extraordinary cultural and historical importance to our state and to this country—a searing, horrific incident that galvanized

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SPRINGFIELD — Leaders from Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS), a Springfield, Ill.-based nonprofit network of Catholic community hospitals in Illinois and Wisconsin, applaud President Biden for signing a proclamation today establishing the archeological site associated with the 1908 Springfield Race Riot as a National Monument. The new monument, managed by the National Park Service (NPS) and located near Madison Street and the 10th Street Rail Corridor, commemorates one of the most violent racial incidents in United States history. HSHS had partnered with the Park Service, Springfield NAACP and City of Springfield in support of a site study and plan that took multiple years. “This monument memorializes a tragic event that is an unfortunate part of our nation’s history,” said Damond W. Boatwright, President and CEO of HSHS. “Our founding Hospital Sisters, in the aftermath of the riot, cared for the injured at St. John’s while homes and businesses

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President Joe Biden was joined in the Oval Office by lawmakers as well as civil rights and community leaders as he signed the proclamation.

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