Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Forest Home Cemetery Veterans Flagpole

Photographed by Sean Flynn

1. Forest Home Cemetery Veterans Flagpole Marker

Inscription.
This flag and flagpole is a memorial to the veterans of all the branches of service of our nation who are laid to rest in Forest Home Cemetery

May they rest in honor with God's blessing

Dedicated by the War Veterans
Council of Oak Park
May 30th 1961

Flagpole donated by Fred W. Hyman
Plaque and ground by
Forest Home Cemetery
James R. Thomas, President

Erected 1961 by War Veterans Council of Oak Park.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Military.

Location. 41° 51.985′ N, 87° 49.624′ W. Memorial is in Forest Park, Illinois, in Cook County. It is in Forest Home Cemetery. It can be reached from Roosevelt Road west of Des Plaines Avenue when traveling west. The flagpole and marker are located in Forest Home Cemetery in Section 20, a triangular plot in the southwest part of the cemetery that is east of the Des Plaines River. It can be accessed by following the signs to the bridge over the Des Plaines and then staying straight after you reach the bridge. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 863 South Des Plaines Avenue, Forest Park IL 60130, 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,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within

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walking distance of this marker: Union Soldiers Memorial (here, next to this marker); Phil Sheridan G.A.R. Post No. 615 Memorial (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Columbia Post No. 706 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Pottawatomie Village and Burial Ground (approx. 0.2 miles away); Ancient Indian Trail (approx. 0.3 miles away); Joseph Carter Corbin (approx. 0.4 miles away); Haymarket Martyrs' Monument (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Forest Park.

More about this memorial. Another marker listing Civil War veterans buried at Forest Home is located a few steps from the flagpole.

Forest Home Cemetery Veterans Flagpole image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean Flynn, August 26, 2023

2. Forest Home Cemetery Veterans Flagpole

Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 28, 2023, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 178 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 28, 2023, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.