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

World War II Memorial

Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, October 10, 2024

1. Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription. To honor and perpetuate the memory of these men who died in World War II that our country might remain the land of the free and the home of the brave

Bernard Bonderski • Walter V. Budziszewski • Timothy P. Clarke • Edward Czernek • Donald J. Fiedler • Clarence G. Garant • Stanley B. Jodlowski • Ricahrd D. Kenney • Joseph W. Klimala • Edward Obrochta • Edward S. Pomkala • Arthur J. Vermette

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Education • Religion & Religious Structures • War, World II.

Location. 41° 49.374′ N, 87° 41.683′ W. Memorial is in Chicago, Illinois, in Cook County. It is in Brighton Park. It is at the intersection of California Avenue and Pershing Road on California Avenue. The memorial is high on the California Avenue wall of the building that once housed St. Joseph and St. Anne School and today is home to Sandra Cisneros School. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2744 West Pershing Road, Chicago IL 60632, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is 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: McKinley Park (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Boulevard System (approx. 0.6 miles away); Five Holy Martyrs Parish Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); (Former) Schlitz Brewery-Tied House at 3456 S. Western Ave.

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(approx. 0.7 miles away); a different marker also named World War II Memorial (approx. ¾ mile away); Marquette and Jolliet Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); La Villita Natural Area (approx. 1.1 miles away); Our Hero War Dead (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chicago.

More about this memorial. The old St. Joseph and St. Anne school building is, as of 2024, the home of Sandra Cisneros School. In October 2024, the charter school organization that runs the school, Acero, announced that Cisneros and six other schools it operates in the city would be closing at the end of the 2024-2025 school year.

The church that is attached to the school is now called Our Lady of Fatima; the church building is near the California Avenue and 38th Street intersection.

World War II Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, October 10, 2024

2. World War II Memorial

The memorial is on the wall overlooking California Avenue.

The southeast entrance to Cisneros School image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, October 10, 2024

3. The southeast entrance to Cisneros School

Engraved over the door to the old St. Joseph and St. Anne school are the words:
Religion and Education
The Basis of Patriotism

Credits. This page was last revised on October 13, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 13, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 184 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 13, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.