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Civil War Memorial

 
 
Civil War Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jason Voigt, February 21, 2023
1. Civil War Memorial Marker
Inscription.

Erected
to the memory
of our
nation's defenders

1861-1865

 
Erected by Irwin McDowell Post 507, G.A.R.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the The Grand Army of the Republic series list.
 
Location. 38° 37.414′ N, 90° 7.131′ W. Memorial is in East St. Louis, Illinois, in St. Clair County. It is on Argonne Drive 0.2 miles east of North 25th Street, in the median. Memorial is located at Jones Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2500 Argonne Dr, East Saint Louis IL 62204, 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: War Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); N. 18th St. and Parsons Ave. (approx. 0.8 miles away); N. 13th St. and Nectar Ave. (approx. one mile away); N. 9th St. and Gross Ave. (approx. 1.1 miles away); 1010 Pennsylvania Avenue (approx. 1½ miles away); N. 9th St. & St. Clair Ave. (approx. 1½ miles away); 621 N. 9th Street (approx. 1.6 miles away); Home of Miles Davis (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in East St. Louis.
 
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Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jason Voigt, February 21, 2023
2. Civil War Memorial
Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jason Voigt, February 21, 2023
3. Civil War Memorial
Located at Jones Park
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 21, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 21, 2023, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 289 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on February 21, 2023, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.
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