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

Bicentennial Bandstand

Photographed by Sean Flynn, October 14, 2023

1. Bicentennial Bandstand Marker

Inscription. This bandstand
built and made possible
for America's 200 th
birthday

Erected 1976 by Illinois Bicentennial Commission; Village of Maywood; Maywood Lions Club; Maywood Rotary Club; Maywood Civic Betterment Club; South Maywood Action Committee; North Maywood Community Organization; and The Maywood Centennial Commission.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Rotary International, and the The Spirit of ’76, America’s Bicentennial Celebration series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is July 4, 1776.

Location. 41° 53.198′ N, 87° 50.278′ W. Memorial is in Maywood, Illinois, in Cook County. It is at the intersection of Oak Street and South 4th Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Oak Street. The marker sits a few paces south of the Bicentennial Bandstand. A sculpture titled "Phoenix Rising," by local sculptor Geraldine McCullough, is south of this site, close to Oak Street (Fred Hampton Way). Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 406 Oak St, Maywood IL 60153, 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 walking distance of this marker: Frederick Allen Hampton (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Harry H. Nichols House

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(about 400 feet away); Maywood World War I Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Company B, 192nd Tank Battalion Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); 192nd Tank Battalion Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Benjamin R. Morin, S.J., Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Historic Maywood Home for Soldiers' Widows (approx. ¼ mile away); Ten Mile Freedom House (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Maywood.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Site Of Company "B" 192nd Tank Battalion (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Additional commentary.
1. About the marker
This marker has been included in the database as part of the The Spirit of ’76, America’s Bicentennial Celebration Series.

— Submitted November 21, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.

Bicentennial Bandstand and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean Flynn, October 14, 2023

2. Bicentennial Bandstand and Marker

"Phoenix Rising" image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean Flynn

3. "Phoenix Rising"

This sculpture, several yards in front of the bandstand and its historical marker, was created by Geraldine McCullough, an artist who lived in Oak Park, a few miles east of Maywood, and was an art professor at Rosary College (now Dominican University) in nearby River Forest, Illinois. Other McCullough sculptures in Illinois include statues of Martin Luther King in Chicago and Springfield; "The Spirit of Du Sable" at the Du Sable Museum of African American History sculpture garden on Chicago's South Side; and "Pathfinder," which sits in front of Oak Park's Village Hall.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 16, 2023, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 274 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 16, 2023, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.