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Shiloh in St. Clair County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

The 1st Illinois Freedom Rock

 
 
Honoring Those Who Served Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Smith, December 8, 2021
1. Honoring Those Who Served Marker
Inscription.
Honoring those who served
Shiloh, Illinois
Frank S. Scott
Adolph Engelmann
Wilbur F. Moore
Ulysses S. Grant
 
Erected 2021.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, US CivilWar, World I. In addition, it is included in the Freedom Rock Memorials series list.
 
Location. 38° 33.331′ N, 89° 54.119′ W. Memorial is in Shiloh, Illinois, in St. Clair County. It is at the intersection of South Main Street and Shiloh Station Road, on the left when traveling south on South Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: O Fallon IL 62269, 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 Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

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least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Die Lateiner von Shiloh Tal (a few steps from this marker); War Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Yorktown Bicentennial (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Clydesdale Horse (approx. 1.4 miles away); Confirmed UFO Sighting (approx. 1.4 miles away); Shiloh (approx. 1.4 miles away); C-141B Starlifter (approx. 1.9 miles away); KC-135E Stratotanker (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Shiloh.
 
Honoring Those Who Served Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Smith, December 8, 2021
2. Honoring Those Who Served Marker
Honoring Those Who Served Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Smith,
3. Honoring Those Who Served Marker
The 1st Illinois Freedom Rock Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jason Voigt, March 11, 2023
4. The 1st Illinois Freedom Rock Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 8, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 517 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on December 8, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill.   4. submitted on March 16, 2023, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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