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Lithuanian marker, Enos Park

Drawn by coal mine jobs, several thousand Lithuanians emigrated to Sangamon County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Enough of the immigrants had arrived by 1908 that they laid the cornerstone forĀ  their own national Catholic church, St. … Continue reading

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