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Our Lady of the Highways

Submitted by The Editor on April 28, 2008 - 9:36am.

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Our Lady of the Highways
I-55 Exit 72
Waggoner, IL, 62572
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The Carrara Marble Statue of Our Lady of Lourdes from Italy was originally constructed as a high school project.  It is inscribed "Mary, Loving Mother of Jesus, Protect us on the Highway".  Also along the road from this site is a trail of Burma Shave type signs of the Hail Mary.

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