Delray in Detroit in Wayne County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Rainbow Division Veterans Memorial

Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, July 27, 2024

1. Rainbow Division Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription.
Rainbow Division Veterans

The Michigan Chapter
Organized at
Bad Neuenahr, Germany
April 4, 1919

Dedicated to the memory of
our honored comrades who died
in our country's cause.

World War I Combat
Champagne - Marne
Aisne - Marne
St. Michael - Use
Meuse-Argonne
Defensive Sector
Army of Occupation
Germany

World War II Combat
Rhineland
Ardennes - Alsace
Central Europe
Army of Occupation
Austrian

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

Location. 42° 17.851′ N, 83° 5.919′ W. Memorial is in Detroit, Michigan, in Wayne County. It is in Delray. It is on Gibbs Street near Shelby Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 6325 West Jefferson Avenue, Detroit MI 48209, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Michigan.

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

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Post Commander's Residence (within shouting distance of this marker); Post Guard House - 1889 (within shouting distance of this marker); Headquarters Building (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Indian Mound (about 300 feet away);

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Non-Commissioned Officers (about 400 feet away); Officers Row (about 500 feet away); 5.5 Inch Naval Cannon / 30 Pound Parrott Rifled Cannons (about 500 feet away); Treaty of Spring Wells (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Detroit.

Also see . . . 42nd Infantry Division. Excerpt:

The 42nd Infantry Division (42ID) ("Rainbow") is a division of the United States Army National Guard. It was nicknamed the Rainbow Division because, during rapid mobilization for service in WW1, it was formed from 27 National Guard units from across the US. The division was engaged in four major operations between July 1918 and the armistice in November 1918, and demobilized in 1919. Since World War I, the 42nd Infantry Division has served in World War II and the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT).

The division is currently headquartered at the Glenmore Road Armory in Troy, New York. The division headquarters is a unit of the New York Army National Guard. The division currently includes Army National Guard units from fourteen different states, including Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. As of 2007, 67 percent of 42ID soldiers are located
Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, July 27, 2024

2. Rainbow Division Veterans Memorial
Metal plate mounted strangely on white painted wood structure.
in New York and New Jersey.

(Submitted on July 30, 2024, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan.)

Rainbow Division Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, July 27, 2024

3. Rainbow Division Veterans Memorial

Location of the Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, July 27, 2024

4. Location of the Memorial

The memorial can be found at Historic Fort Wayne in Detroit.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 31, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 30, 2024, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. This page has been viewed 172 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 30, 2024, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.