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The woman who invented the game that eventually became Monopoly was born in Macomb. The community plans to honor her and celebrate that connection by developing the world’s largest Monopoly board on its courthouse square.
Funding is being provided to seven west-central Illinois projects or programs as part of a $22.5 million boost of tourism-related efforts across the state.
Sunday’s event begins at 9 a.m. and will feature competitors from Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and a number of other states.
A mural depicting the life of Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian will be publicly unveiled Saturday morning.
The memory of Macomb native and Civil Rights activist, the late Rev. Dr. C. T. Vivian, is being celebrated one brush stroke at a time as Western Illinois University Art Professor Emeritus Michael Mahoney works to complete a 70-foot public mural, at the intersection of Macomb's North Randolph and East Carroll streets.