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== Visiting Monmouth Today ==
A trip to Monmouth, Illinois, affords visitors the opportunity to walk in the footsteps of the Founders of Kappa Kappa Gamma! The Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation operates The Stewart House Museum, open to the public for tours and events. The home of [http://wiki.kappakappagamma.org/pages/Martha_Louisa_%E2%80%9CLou%E2%80%9D_Stevenson Martha Louisa Stevenson] still stands and Kappa Kappa Gamma placed an [http://wiki.kappakappagamma.org/pages/File:StevensonMarker_reduced.jpg historical marker] on the property in 2009. The marker recognizes the home as the location of many early meetings of Alpha Chapter. Another [http://wiki.kappakappagamma.org/pages/File:KappaBridge.jpg historical marker] was placed at site of the [http://wiki.kappakappagamma.org/pages/File:BridgeNegativePrint.jpg "Kappa Bridge"] where early Fraternity History tells the story of two Kappa Founders meeting to discuss their plans for a Greek letter organization.
The brochure [http://wiki.kappakappagamma.org/pages/File:MapCover4.jpg ''Footsteps of the Founders''] is available at The Stewart House and includes a [http://wiki.kappakappagamma.org/pages/File:Cemetery_Map.jpg cemetery map] and a [http://wiki.kappakappagamma.org/pages/File:MapCemetery.jpg map of town] indicating the former locations of the homes of other Founders. Today only Minnie Stewart's home and Lou Stevenson's home are still standing.