Hoffman Estates in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Veterans' Memorial

Photographed By Sean Flynn, August 30, 2023

1. Veterans' Memorial Marker

The service flag for the veteran honored in the display case flies at half-mast during the week when that veteran is honored. On August 30, 2023, the lowered flag at the far left was for the Army, as the memorial honored World War II Army veteran Tony Provenzano.

Inscription. Lest we forget

Erected 1988 by Village of Hoffman Estates.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 42° 2.765′ N, 88° 5.416′ W. Marker is in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, in Cook County. Memorial is at the intersection of West Higgins Road and Spring Mill Drive, on the right when traveling east on West Higgins Road. Hoffman Estates' Veterans' Memorial is in front of the village's police department building. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 411 W Higgins Rd, Hoffman Estates IL 60169, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Wise Road (approx. 2.8 miles away); Streamwood Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.2 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 5.1 miles away); Reverend J. Ward Morrison Boulevard (approx. 5.7 miles away); 116 W. Euclid (approx. 6.1 miles away); 609 N. Dunton (approx. 6.3 miles away); Old Mill (approx. 8.3 miles away); Illinois Watch Case Company (approx. 9.3 miles away).

More about this memorial. The semi-circle of five monoliths at the rear of the memorial represent the five branches of the military, with the branch seal etched

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into each monument and its flag in front of it. In front of the U.S. flag at the center of the memorial is a display case that honors a local veteran. Hoffman Estates swaps out the veteran every Sunday at 1 p.m. with a flag rotation ceremony. The service flag of the veteran being honored flies at half-mast for that week.

Regarding Veterans' Memorial. When the memorial was visited on August 30, 2023, Army veteran Tony Provenzano was being honored in the display case. A Chicago native, Provenzano served in the Army from 1943 through 1946; he was a medic on a ship during the D-Day invasion of 1944. In 1956, he and his family moved to Hoffman Estates, then a newly developing suburb about 30 miles northwest of Chicago, where he remained until his death in 2017.

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Hoffman Estates Veterans Memorial monolith: U.S. Army image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Sean Flynn, August 30, 2023

2. Hoffman Estates Veterans Memorial monolith: U.S. Army

Hoffman Estates Veterans Memorial monolith: U.S. Navy image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Sean Flynn, August 30, 2023

3. Hoffman Estates Veterans Memorial monolith: U.S. Navy

Hoffman Estates Veterans Memorial monolith: U.S. Marines Corps image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Sean Flynn, August 30, 2023

4. Hoffman Estates Veterans Memorial monolith: U.S. Marines Corps

Hoffman Estates Veterans Memorial monolith: U.S. Coast Guard image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Sean Flynn, August 30, 2023

5. Hoffman Estates Veterans Memorial monolith: U.S. Coast Guard

Hoffman Estates Veterans Memorial monolith: U.S. Air Force image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Sean Flynn, August 30, 2023

6. Hoffman Estates Veterans Memorial monolith: U.S. Air Force

Veterans' Memorial display case image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Sean Flynn, August 30, 2023

7. Veterans' Memorial display case

Credits. This page was last revised on September 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 31, 2023, by Sean Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 56 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 31, 2023, by Sean Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. 7. submitted on September 5, 2023, by Sean Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.