North Riverside in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Veterans Park
Photographed by Sean Flynn, August 13, 2023
1. Veterans Park Memorial
Dedicated to the honored dead
who gave their last full measure
of devotion to this nation
so that it may live in freedom
Erected by Veterans of Foreign Wars, Riverside-North Riverside Memorial Post 6869.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 41° 50.612′ N, 87° 48.698′ W. Memorial is in North Riverside, Illinois, in Cook County. It is on 26th Street half a mile west of Harlem Avenue, on the right when traveling west. A marker denoting a time capsule dedicated by the VFW's 4th District, Department of Illinois, which includes the North Riverside VFW Post, is immediately in front of the memorial. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 7550 West 26th Street, Riverside IL 60546, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Chicago. It is also in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. 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,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Veterans Memorial Gazebo (approx. half a mile away); Pfc. Christopher A. Sisson (approx. half a mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Ever-Blooming Night and Day Flowers, 1982 (approx. 0.6 miles away); World War II Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Train Wreck (approx. 0.6 miles away); Proksa Park (approx. 0.7 miles away); 9/11 Memorial (approx. Ύ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in North Riverside.
More about this memorial. The four sides of the monument include insignias for the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines.
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Photographed by Sean Flynn, August 13, 2023
2. Veterans Park Monument front (south-facing)
Photographed by Sean Flynn, August 13, 2023
3. Veterans Park Monument right (east-facing)
Photographed by Sean Flynn, August 13, 2023
4. Veterans Park Monument back (north-facing)
Photographed by Sean Flynn, August 13, 2023
5. Veterans Park Monument left (west-facing)
Photographed by Sean Flynn, August 13, 2023
6. Veterans Park, North Riverside, Illinois
North Riverside Mall is in the background.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 17, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 14, 2023, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 216 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 14, 2023, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
