Marion in Williamson County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

World War II Monument

Photographed by Thomas Smith, May 26, 2024

1. World War II Monument

Inscription.
16 million men left their homes, families, farms, mines and factories to preserve the freedoms so many take for granted today.

Their wives, sisters and mothers also left their homes to work the factories in support of the war effort with their limbs live and minds they changed the course and mind of the world and made history.
Those same men and women came home and did the impossible, they build the greatest country the world has ever known.

America can never thank them enough and we are forever grateful they have been called "Americas greatest generation"
🎖️

Erected 2017.

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 37° 45.315′ N, 88° 55.769′ W. Monument is in Marion, Illinois, in Williamson County. It is on East Longstreet Road 0.2 miles east of State Road 37, on the right when traveling east. Marion VFW. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 201 E Longstreet Rd, Marion IL 62959, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in

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Southern Illinois — Little Egypt.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Korean War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Veterans Living Memorial (here, next to this marker); Vietnam Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); In Grateful Appreciation of All Those Who Served (here, next to this marker); Goddard Memorial Chapel (approx. 0.8 miles away); Dedicated to All Veteran in all Wars (approx. 0.9 miles away); Marion History (approx. 1.7 miles away); Bob Butler Biography (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marion.

Photographed by Thomas Smith, May 26, 2024

2. World War II Monument

Credits. This page was last revised on July 3, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 16, 2024, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 164 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 21, 2024, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.