Will County Memorial - Joliet, IL
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N 41° 31.488 W 088° 04.925
16T E 409720 N 4597582
This 48-foot tall memorial is located at the entrance to the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, IL.
Waymark Code: WMC3VC
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 07/21/2011
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This Memorial was erected in 1884. The Smithsonian's Inventory indicates that it is also known as the Soldiers and Sailors of Civil War Monument.
The Inventory (
visit link) describes the monument thusly:
"Standing figure of a Union Army officer on a tall granite obelisk, holding a flag on his proper left side with both hands. On one side of the obelisk below, stands the figure of a sailor looking south through a pair of binoculars. On the opposite side is the figure of a soldier holding a rifle on his proper left side. Between the upper and lower figures are listed major battles of the Civil War, Shiloh, etc."
A 1968 time capsule is located in the base of the monument and is scheduled to be opened in 2068.