Edwards County Memorial Plaza ~ Albion, IL - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

EDWARDS COUNTY
MEMORIAL PLAZA
In memory of those who served in the
Armed Services for God and Country.
World War I Plaque Text:
MEMORIAL
"LEST WE FORGET"
Dedicated by
CITIZENS of EDWARDS COUNTY
TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY
OF OUR HEROES WHO MADE THE
SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR GOD
AND COUNTRY IN WORLD WAR I

Bristow, Thomas    Briggs, Loyal D.

Painter, Elmer Thrall, Lloyd

Plaque Text for World War II: MEMORIAL "LEST WE FORGET" Dedicated by CITIZENS of EDWARDS COUNTY TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF OUR HEROES WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR GOD AND COUNTRY IN WORLD WAR II Atteberry, Carl Otis    Peters, Elwood Duane    Rice, Raymond

There are plaques for Korea and Vietnam which have the same dedication/heading text as the World War Plaques.

Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): World War I, World War II, Korea & Vietnam. In Honor Of: To Perpetuate the Memory of Our Heroes Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice. Marker Text: see above Who Put it Here?: The Citizens of Edwards County Description of Memorial: Two columns with a bias-bevel metal roof. Each column contains plaques which carry the names of heroes for specific named wars. This monument is set proper in a garden setting with curved walk ways and groomed hedges. A single flag pole is set off to the left in a missing man position. Early in my collection of Veterans Memorials. I was returning from a Historic Marker hunt in several counties in Illinois when I stopped in Albion for a Lincoln marker and saw this magnificent arch. Date of dedication: Not listed

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