Sierra Club: Springfield, Ill. Residents Urge Action on National Monument Plan at Public Meeting
June 11, 2024
June 11, 2024
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on June 10, 2024:
Members of the Springfield, Illinois, community turned out on Monday to call on President Biden to designate the site of the 1908 Springfield Race Riot as a national monument. The public hearing, hosted by Interior Assistant Secretary Shannon Estenoz and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory, comes after a National Park Service feasibility study concluded that the s . . .
Members of the Springfield, Illinois, community turned out on Monday to call on President Biden to designate the site of the 1908 Springfield Race Riot as a national monument. The public hearing, hosted by Interior Assistant Secretary Shannon Estenoz and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory, comes after a National Park Service feasibility study concluded that the s . . .