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In page Everett Dirksen:

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  • Dirksen Drive, a road in DeBary, Florida, is named after him. He was a winter resident in DeBary in his later years.[2]
  • Dirksen's statue, originally located adjacent to the Illinois State Capitol and is now in Mineral Springs Park in his hometown of Pekin, Illinois, includes two objects iconically identified with the senator: an oil can and a bunch of marigolds.[citation needed]
  • Everett Dirksen was inducted as a laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois and awarded the Order of Lincoln (the state's highest honor) by the governor of Illinois in 1966 in the area of government.[3]