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Girard in Macoupin County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

World War I Memorial

1914 - 1918

 
 
World War I Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Smith, April 9, 2022
1. World War I Memorial
Inscription. Dedicated to the World War veterans by the citizens of Girard and vicinity
 
Erected 1927.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
 
Location. 39° 26.75′ N, 89° 46.701′ W. Memorial is in Girard, Illinois, in Macoupin County. It is on West Madison Street west of South 1st Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 139 W Madison St, Girard IL 62640, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is 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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Zeffiro Galli (approx. 3.7 miles away); World War (approx. 3.9 miles away); Operation Iraqi Freedom (approx. 3.9 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.9 miles away); Battle of Virden Monument
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(approx. 3.9 miles away); Route 66 Coal Towns (approx. 3.9 miles away); Lest We Forget (approx. 6.4 miles away); Village of Farmersville (approx. 6.8 miles away).
 
World War I Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Smith, April 9, 2022
2. World War I Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 18, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 11, 2022, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 188 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 11, 2022, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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