Hines in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Sean Flynn, February 22, 2024
1. Veterans Memorial
Spanish American War
Participants: 392,000
Deaths in service: 11,000
[Tablet 2:]
World War I
Participants: 4,744,000
Deaths in service: 116,000
[Tablet 3:]
World War II
Participants: 16,535,000
Deaths in service: 406,000
[Tablet 4:]
Korean War
Participants: 6,807,000
Deaths in service: 55,000
[Tablet 5:]
Vietnam War
Participants: 9,200,000
Deaths in service: 109,000
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Spanish-American • War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 41° 51.275′ N, 87° 50.543′ W. Memorial is in Hines, Illinois, in Cook County. It is on Scott Drive half a mile 1st Avenue (Illinois Route 171), on the right when traveling north. The memorial is on the campus of Hines VA Hospital, near the Extended Care Center in the southwestern corner of the campus. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Broadview IL 60155, 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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Operation Iraqi Freedom (approx. 0.2 miles away); World War I Memorial Fountain (approx. Ό mile away); World War I Memorial (approx. Ό mile
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More about this memorial. The marker is shaped like a star and includes plaques and flag poles for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard, with a U.S. flag in the middle. The memorial is one of at least four on the campus of Hines, which opened in 1921.
Photographed by Sean Flynn, February 22, 2024
2. Spanish American War plaque
Photographed by Sean Flynn, February 22, 2024
3. World War I plaque
Photographed by Sean Flynn, February 22, 2024
4. World War II plaque
Photographed by Sean Flynn, February 22, 2024
5. Korean War plaque
Photographed by Sean Flynn, February 22, 2024
6. Vietnam War plaque
Credits. This page was last revised on February 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 23, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 137 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on February 23, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.
