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 American Legion Veterans Memorial - St. Laborius, IL Posted by:  YoSam.
N 38° 21.852 W 089° 43.134
16S E 262452 N 4249724
City limits signs reads: St. Laborius. But yahoo, google, and my atlas maps shows the town name as: St. Labory.
Waymark Code: WM4N66
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 09/10/2008
Views: 5
County of Memorial: Saint Clair County.
Location of Memorial: IL-15, St. Laborius.
Monument Text:
FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY, FOR ALL
| Let Us Hold In Honored Memory
Those Who Gave Their Lives, And Those
Who Served Their Country, That Mankind
May Hope For A Better World
| FOREVER HONORED, FOREVER MOURNED | | |
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Type of Memorial: Non-Specific Memorial
In Honor Of: In Honored Memory Those Who Gave Their Lives
Marker Text:
see above.
Who Put it Here?: Henry Schmitz Post #683, American Legion
Description of Memorial:
In front of a very impressive Legion hall, stand this marble stone and flag pole. Flanked by low wings, which may be bench seats. At top center of the marble monument is an wing spread eagle flanked by the seal of the American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary.
I was headed home, not looking for anything, but paying attention. I caught the city welcome sign, thought "Wow, is that the saint from which we derived the word Laboratory." Saw a huge, and I mean huge old church. I dove up the hill and around the church, couldn't see any plaques or such. Thought town would be fair sized, it's not. But confusion, as in some places it is refered to as "St. Laborius" and in other's "St. Labory". Never have gotten to the bottom of that.
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Not listed
Date of dedication: Not listed
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