Aledo in Mercer County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Women's Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Thomas Smith, April 13, 2021

1. Women's Veterans Memorial

Inscription. Mercer County Women for Women and the Aledo Police Benevolent Association partnered to create this Memorial to honor all women from Mercer County who have served in the Armed Forces.

Erected 2017 by Mercer County Women for Women; Aledo Police Benevolent Association.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Military • Women.

Location. 41° 12.181′ N, 90° 45.146′ W. Memorial is in Aledo, Illinois, in Mercer County. It is on Northwest 4th Avenue 0.1 miles north of Northwest 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 309 NW 2nd St, Aledo IL 61231, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Northern Illinois.

It is also in the American Midwest,

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.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Mercer County Soldiers' Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Roosevelt Military Academy World War II Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Last Roll Call (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); Aledo, Illinois (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Roosevelt Oak (approx. ¼ mile away); William and Vashti College (approx. ¼ mile away); Illinois Millitary School (approx. ¼ mile away); Niles Hall / Transition (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Aledo.

Photographed by Thomas Smith, April 13, 2021

2. Women's Veterans Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on April 21, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 17, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 237 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 19, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.