Breese in Clinton County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Thomas Smith, November 6, 2021

1. Veterans Memorial

Inscription. Lets us hold in honored memory those men from this community, who gave their lives that mankind might hope for a better world.

Erected 1950 by Timmerman-Benhoff Post No. 252.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 38° 36.753′ N, 89° 31.654′ W. Memorial is in Breese, Illinois, in Clinton County. It is at the intersection of North 6th Street and North Main Street, on the left when traveling west on North 6th Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 575 N Main St, Breese IL 62230, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southern Illinois — Little Egypt

and in Greater St. Louis.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies:

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Breese (approx. 0.3 miles away); Cholera Cross (approx. 1.6 miles away); Vietnam Traveling Wall (approx. 3.7 miles away); In Memory of The Deceased Veterans of the Community (approx. 4 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.3 miles away); Albert "Red" Schoendienst (approx. 4.3 miles away); Steve Kohnen (approx. 4.3 miles away); American Armed Service Men and Women Leave No Fallen Comrade Behind (approx. 4.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Breese.

More about this memorial. The memorial stands in of American Legion Post 252.

Veterans Memorial Display image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Thomas Smith, November 6, 2021

2. Veterans Memorial Display

Photographed by Thomas Smith, November 6, 2021

3. Veterans Memorial Display

Credits. This page was last revised on November 7, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 7, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 167 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 7, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.