Military Services Memorial Plaza - Riverfront Park - Peoria, IL
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N 40° 41.451 W 089° 35.000
16T E 281714 N 4507648
This plaza has markers for many units in many branches of government and a flagpole as the focus.
Waymark Code: WMWN0C
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 09/19/2017
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In Peoria, along Riverfront Park, is the Military Services Memorial Plaza.
The plaza is located along a paved pedestrian path by the river shore, and is about a hundred feet from the pillar for the I-74 bridge.
The plaza is semi-circular in shape and has a flag near the focus of the semi-circle. The flag is half-surrounded by five dark pillars, each with an emblem of a branch of the military. Surrounding this are stone and bronze plaques embedded in the ground and on a wall toward the back.
The text is below.
Type of Memorial: Non-Specific Memorial
In Honor Of: Posts and other military divisions
Marker Text:
Plaza, with etched pavers and stones with many different units and branches of the military.
Sample Paver 1:
Design for the 'Seabees"
Sample Paver 2:
"Peoria
Leatherneck Detachment
Marine Corps League"
Sample Paver 3:
"American Legion Post #2
Peoria"
Sample Paver 4:
Logo for Reserve Officer Association
Sample Paver 5:
9th VFW District and a listing of many posts below it.
Sample Paver 6:
"This is dedicated to past, present & future men and women of the Peoria National Guard"
Marker at flagpole:
"Dedicated in memory of the many immigrants who made their hom in the Peoria Area and helped make the city great"
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Presented by
Robert C. & Mary Alice S. Strodel
September 20, 1997"
[Not sure why this plaque is here in the plaza]
Plaques in Back:
1:
"In honor of the men and women who have served their country in the armed services of the United States.
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Dedicated May 30, 1998
Dedicator: Hon Robert H Michel
Presidential medal of Freedom
Memorial Committee
[Various names]
Duty*Honor*Country
Architect/Engineer: Farnsworth & Wylie"
Surrounding it are various names of people and organizations as sponsors.
Date of dedication: 5/301998
Who Put it Here?: Various
Description of Memorial:
Located in a municipal park, along the Illinois River. The plaza is semi-circular, with a flapole at a focus point, and etched pavers and stones installed around it.
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Not listed
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