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

Evergreen Park Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Sean Flynn, June 15, 2024

1. Evergreen Park Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription. [The center plaque is flanked by two plaques listing the dozens of local men who fought in World War II, with stars next to those who died. Text of the center plaque:] Dedicated to the men and women of Evergreen Park who served in World War II
1941-1945
[Top plaque on the left side:] Dedicated to all Evergreen Park veterans living and dead who served in the Korean War
June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953
[Center plaque on the left side:]
Dedicated to all Evergreen Park veterans living and dead who served in the Viet Nam Conflict
July 1959 to May 1975
[Bottom plaque on the left side:]
Dennis R. Debickero • William C. Geis • William R. Neville • Edwin J. Falloon • Kenneth J. Manderfeld • Richard J. Schoonveld • George A. Work • John Borowski

[Top plaque on the right side:]
To Honor All Those Area Residents Who Served In Lebanon, Grenada, Panama
[Middle plaque on right side:]
To Honor All Those Area Residents Who Served In Persian Gulf, Desert Storm
[Bottom plaque on right side:]
To Honor All Those Area Residents Who Served In Iran, Iraq-Afghanistan

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Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Military • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II.

Location. 41° 42.993′ N, 87° 42.089′ W. Memorial is in Evergreen Park, Illinois, in Cook County. It is on South Kedzie Avenue 0.2 miles south of 95th Street (U.S. 12/20), on the right when traveling north. The marker is in the front of the parking lot of Evergreen Park's American Legion Post 854. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 9701 South Kedzie Avenue, Evergreen Park IL 60805, 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Gail Woodman and Roy Woodman

Evergreen Park Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean Flynn, June 15, 2024

2. Evergreen Park Veterans Memorial

(a few steps from this marker); Spc. Jared D. Stanker (approx. 0.2 miles away); 1937 Allis Chalmers (approx. one mile away); St. Mary Cemetery (approx. 1.4 miles away); Hometown Veterans Memorial (approx. 1½ miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.7 miles away); William and Jessie Adams House (approx. 1.7 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Evergreen Park.

More about this memorial. The memorial includes an eternal flame at the top, with plaques dedicated to several conflicts, starting with World War II in the middle. Two plaques on either side of that central plaque list all of the local men who fought in that conflict, with stars next to those who died. On the left and right sides of the memorial are additional plaques honoring veterans of Korea, Vietnam and several other post-Vietnam conflicts.

Also see . . . American Legion Post 854. The veterans memorial is in the parking lot of American Legion Post 854 in Evergreen Park. (Submitted on June 17, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)

Evergreen Park Veterans Memorial: World War II veterans (left plaque) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean Flynn, June 15, 2024

3. Evergreen Park Veterans Memorial: World War II veterans (left plaque)

Evergreen Park Veterans Memorial: World War II veterans (right plaque) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean Flynn, June 15, 2024

4. Evergreen Park Veterans Memorial: World War II veterans (right plaque)

Evergreen Park Veterans Memorial: Korea and Vietnam plaques image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean Flynn, June 15, 2024

5. Evergreen Park Veterans Memorial: Korea and Vietnam plaques

Evergreen Park Veterans Memorial: Plaques for post-Vietnam conflicts image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean Flynn, June 15, 2024

6. Evergreen Park Veterans Memorial: Plaques for post-Vietnam conflicts

Evergreen Park American Legion Post 854 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean Flynn, June 15, 2024

7. Evergreen Park American Legion Post 854

The veterans memorial is off camera, behind where this photo was taken.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 17, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 17, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 218 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on June 17, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.

Editor’s want-list for this marker. A clearer photo of the left WWII plaque • A photo of the memorial and Legion post • Can you help?