Plainfield Tornado Memorial - Plainfield, IL
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N 41° 36.079 W 088° 12.251
16T E 399651 N 4606212
A triangular-shaped marble slab with a rounded top. Memorial is set on a raw granite piece which tapers in slightly at the bottom. One side of the triangle has a relief of two hands shaking and the other side depicts a map of tornado's path...
Waymark Code: WMJGKT
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 11/16/2013
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More from the Smithsonian site:
"...of destruction.
Inscription: (Front:) "Life is a gift. And gifts are never to be/taken for granted. Life is God's gift to us."/Most Rev. Joseph Imesch/Bishop of the Diocese of Joliet/AT 3:30 PM ON AUGUST 28, 1990, A TORNADO SWEPT/THROUGH THIS AREA, CUTTING A TWELVE-MILE PATH OF/DESTRUCTION. THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THE 29 PEOPLE/WHO DIED AS A RESULT OF TORNADO-RELATED INJURIES./WE MISS THEM AND CHERISH THEIR MEMORIES./(List of people who died) (Bronze plaque lower front:) TORNADO MEMORIAL/SPONSORED BY/JOLIET/WILL COUNTY/PROJECT PRIDE (Back:) THOUSANDS OF/VOLUNTEERS CAME FORWARD/AFTER THE TORNADO AND HELPED/THIS AREA WITH ITS IMMEDIATE/NEEDS AND LONG-TERM RECOVERY./WE SALUTE THEIR SPIRIT WITH/THIS MEMORIAL. WE WILL BE/ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR/THEIR HELPING HANDS. (Back below inscribed map:) The/tornado's/path of/destruction,/August 28, 1990.
Dimensions: Irregular shape: approx. 8 ft. x 7 1/2 ft. x 10 in."
Sadly, my assistant's son was killed by this tornado.
TITLE: Plainfield Tornado Memorial
ARTIST(S): unknown
DATE: Dedicated Aug. 28, 1991
MEDIUM: Marble and granite with bronze plaques.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS IL000432
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Located Ft. Beggs Drive, West of Route 59 at Pratt Street, Plainfield, Illinois 60544
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