Whiting in Lake County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Whiting Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Lou Donkle, September 5, 2024

1. Whiting Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription.
In Thanksgiving to God and in lasting memory ot the men and women who served their country in all wars

Renovation Contributors:
City of Whiting, Whiting City Council, School City of Whiting, American Legion Post 80, American Legion Auxiliary Post 80, Veterans of Foreign War Post 2724, Whiting Robertsdale Boat Club, South Eastside Vietnam Veterans, Whiting Lions Club, Mayor Joseph and Diane Stahura, Tom & Joan Demkovich, Norb & Carol Dudzik, Larry & Diane Jennings, Peterson Family, Region Signs, Thomas H. Ryan, St. Adalberts Parish, Brad & Carol Stelow, Whiting Elks 1273, Whiting Fraternal Order of Police #68, Whiting News Company Inc.

Contributions Honoring Veterans:
Conrad W. Stolman, George Curosh, John Kark, Henry Raschke, Joseph A Babinec, Ernest Bakaiza, Ted E. Dudzik, Anthony J. Kaczmarczyk, Arnold Mashura, Louis Mashura Sr., William J. Obermiller, Edward E. Olszewski, Diary Procissi, St. Adalbert's Veterans, Jim Sandrick, Tommy "C" Sarvanidis, Harry Scivinsky, Frank J. Simaga Jr., Joseph "Maxie" Stahura, Joseph Tomera, Joseph Yursi

Erected 1951 by City of Whiting and 2008 Renovation by Contributors.

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Location. 41° 40.772′ N, 87° 29.649′ W. Memorial is in Whiting, Indiana, in Lake County. It can be reached from the intersection of 119th Street and Oliver Street, on the right when traveling west. The memorial is in a park at the southwest corner of Nathan Hale Elementary School. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1417 119th St, Whiting IN 46394, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Northwest Indiana,

specifically on the Indiana Dunes and Lake Michigan Shore,

and in the Calumet Region.

It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Whiting-Robertsdale Vietnam Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles

Service Branches Obelisk image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Lou Donkle, September 5, 2024

2. Service Branches Obelisk

away); Centier Bank: Generations of Family Bankers (approx. ¼ mile away); Henry Schrage and Whiting (approx. ¼ mile away); Castle #30 - Whiting, IN (approx. ¼ mile away); The Schrage Family Mansion (approx. ¼ mile away); Memorial Park (approx. 0.3 miles away); Illinois-Indiana Boundary Marker (approx. 2½ miles away in Illinois); East Side Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.2 miles away in Illinois). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Whiting.

Whiting Veterans Memorial Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Lou Donkle, September 5, 2024

3. Whiting Veterans Memorial Park

Credits. This page was last revised on September 17, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 9, 2024, by Lou Donkle of Valparaiso, Indiana. This page has been viewed 1,309 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 9, 2024, by Lou Donkle of Valparaiso, Indiana. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.