Near Highland in Madison County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Illinois Remembers POW/MIA
You Are Not Forgotten
Photographed by Jason Voigt, October 11, 2023
1. Illinois Remembers POW/MIA Marker
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 38° 47.303′ N, 89° 41.323′ W. Memorial is near Highland, Illinois, in Madison County. It can be reached from Interstate 70 10 miles west of U.S. 40, on the right when traveling west. Located at Silver Lake Rest Stop (I-70 westbound). Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Highland IL 62249, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Greater St. Louis. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Illinois Remembers POW/MIA (approx. Ύ mile away); a different marker also named Illinois Remembers POW/MIA (approx. 0.8 miles away); Spindler Monuments (approx. 2.1 miles away); Louis Latzer Monument (approx. 2.1 miles away); Founders' Monuments (approx. 2.1 miles away); Schiller Chapel (approx. 2.1 miles away); a different marker also named Schiller Chapel (approx. 2.1 miles away); Deck Cemetery (approx. 2.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Highland.
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Photographed by Jason Voigt, October 11, 2023
2. Illinois Remembers POW/MIA Marker
Located outside Silver Lake Rest Area (I-70 Westbound).
Credits. This page was last revised on October 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 2, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 267 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 12, 2023, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
