Jefferson County Veterans Memorial ~ Mount Vernon, IL - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

County of Memorial: Jefferson County.
Location of Memorial: 10th St., Main St., Broadway St., and 9th St., Mount Vernon.
On the 10th street side of the courthouse lawn stand the monument and is companion, a Civil War cannon. The only text on the monument are the wars mentioned and their dates:

BLACK HAWK WAR
1831 - 1832

MEXICAN WAR
1846 - 1848

CIVIL WAR
1861 - 1865

SPANISH WAR
1898

WORLD WAR I
1917 - 1918

WORLD WAR II
1941 - 1945

KOREAN CONFLICT
1950 - 1953

VIET NAM ERA
1961 - 1975
There are stones that circle the entire courthouse lawn. A stone marking a war (i.e. Spanish American War: 1898) and followed by individual stones for each person who perished in that war. These stones circle the entire 6 blocks of sidewalk around this lawn.
Standing alone, on the front side (10th St.) of the court house is a single stone on a white marble platform. It reads: PRICE
J. Kyle
Iraq

A sample of some of the others read: CONNER
Olen Dale
World War II

CURTIS
Robert B.
World War II

DAME
Willard E.
World War II

and
BOND
Roy
World War I

BORDEN
Clyde
World War I

FOSTER
Floyd A.
World War I

FRED
Kile
World War I

ETC...

Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Black Hawk War Mexican War Civil War Spanish War World War I World War II Korean Conflict Viet Nam Era In Honor Of: no text Marker Text: No text on monument other that than the wars mentions above. Who Put it Here?: Jefferson County Description of Memorial: Central items are a Civil War cannon standing proper aside a red marble monument. This monument is topped with a large white cross, and in column beneath, are listed the wars and dates shown above. There is nothing else on the monument. But individual stones border the sidewalk around the entire courthouse lawn. 2 blocks, by 1 block, by 2 blocks by 1 again. Completely encircled with individual stones. Each stone carried the name of an individual who paid the supreme sacrifice in a specific war. The name are in alphabetical order, beginning with a stone marking the war and its dates. Date of dedication: Not listed

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