Bensenville in DuPage County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Bensenville Memorial Fountain

We Will Never Forget

— September 11, 2001 —

Bensenville Memorial Fountain Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean Flynn, July 10, 2024

1. Bensenville Memorial Fountain Marker

Inscription. This "Bensenville Memorial Fountain" is dedicated on this eleventh day of September, 2002 to all the fire fighters, police officers, EMS personnel, first responders and civilians throughout the world who perish every day in the act of helping others through their public service to provide safer communities in which to live our lives

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: 9/11 Attacks. A significant historical month for this entry is September 2002.

Location. 41° 56.75′ N, 87° 56.404′ W. Marker is in Bensenville, Illinois, in DuPage County. It is on West Jefferson Street west of South York Road, on the right when traveling east. The marker is in front of the Bensenville Fire Protection District 2 station. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 500 South York Road, Bensenville IL 60106, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Chicago.

It is also in the American Midwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once

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the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bensenville Fire Prevention District 9/11 Memorial (here, next to this marker); Breiter-Palm Prairie (approx. 0.6 miles away); Breiter-Palm Park History (approx. 0.7 miles away); The Peace Pole (approx. 0.7 miles away); Oak Savanna (approx. 0.7 miles away); Churchville School (approx. one mile away); 1944 (approx. 1.1 miles away); Lynn C. Huffman (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bensenville.

More about this marker. The plaque and bell remain, but the fountain they are commemorating was removed in 2016 and replaced with a firefighter statue, which is a few yards away and has its own plaque.

Bensenville Memorial Fountain Marker and bell image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean Flynn, July 10, 2024

2. Bensenville Memorial Fountain Marker and bell

Bensenville Fire Department 9/11 Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean Flynn, July 10, 2024

3. Bensenville Fire Department 9/11 Memorial

The plaque and bell for the 2002 memorial fountain still remain, but the fountain itself was replaced by the 2016 firefighter statue in the rear of the photo.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 21, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 10, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 180 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 10, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.