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Carl Sandburg Birthplace
Galesburg,
IL ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
40° 56' 9.840012",
-90° 21' 56.760012"
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Illinois State
Historical Marker
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Carl Sandburg, poet and historian, was born in this modest three-room cottage on January 6, 1878. He was the son of a Swedish immigrant railroad worker. Carl attended Lombard college in Galesburg, and his first poetry was published in this town. He later became a journalist and prolific author. His Complete Poems and a biography, Abraham Lincoln: The War years, won Pulitzer prizes. He also wrote a novel, an autobiography, children's stories, and folksongs. After his death in 1967, his ashes were buried beneath Remembrance Rock behind his birthplace.
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Carl Sandburg Birthplace Historical Marker Location Map, Galesburg, Illinois Map
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