River Grove in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

River Grove Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, November 13, 2024

1. River Grove Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription.
All gave some
Some gave all

Erected 2024.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Patriots & Patriotism.

Location. 41° 55.802′ N, 87° 50.619′ W. Memorial is in River Grove, Illinois, in Cook County. It is on West Grand Avenue near Indian Boundary Road. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: River Grove IL 60171, 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 walking distance of this marker: History (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Rock Che-Che-Pin-Qua (about 600 feet away); World War I Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); The River Grove Historical House and Barn (approx. 0.3 miles away); Vietnam Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Evangelists Shrine (approx. half a mile away); River Grove World War II Memorial (approx. half a mile away); 9/11 Memorial (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in River Grove.

More about this memorial. The memorial was dedicated on Veterans Day 2024;

Paid Advertisement

Click or scan to see
this page online

it was placed at what was previously an empty triangular lot. The slab at the front has identical text on the front and back. Behind it, six stone memorials dedicated to the six branches of the U.S. armed forces form a semi-circle around a flagpole. Local American Legion Post 335 has its headquarters a short walk west of here on Grand Avenue.

Indian Boundary Road, which runs from northeast to southwest, is a remnant of the boundary line created by the 1816 Treaty of St. Louis, in which three Native American tribes granted the U.S. government a 20-by-70-mile stretch of land from Lake Michigan to the Illinois River. The land was later used to build the Illinois and Michigan Canal, which linked the Great Lakes with the Mississippi River basin. The treaty was one of many over the first 30+ years of the 19th century that ultimately led to the expulsion of nearly all Indians from Northern Illinois by the mid-1830s. The northern edge of this land ran diagonally to the southwest from what is today the Rogers Park neighborhood on Chicago's far north side. This stretch of Indian Boundary Road is roughly 1,000 feet long, from Grand

River Grove Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, November 13, 2024

2. River Grove Veterans Memorial

Avenue north to the railroad tracks. Other diagonal streets in Chicagoland that roughly line up with the northern border include Rogers Avenue on Chicago's far north side; another section of Rogers Avenue bordering the Sauganash and North Park neighborhoods; Forest Preserve Drive on the northwest side (north of this location); and another Indian Boundary Road south of here in suburban Melrose Park, near North Avenue.

Regarding River Grove Veterans Memorial. A set of older markers dedicated to River Grove veterans of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War remain in place in front of the village's municipal complex, about a half-mile east of here on Thatcher Avenue. Another River Grove memorial dedicated to its World War I veterans can be found north of here in a veterans section of St. Joseph Cemetery.

Also see . . . River Grove Veterans Memorial. From the Village of River Grove website. (Submitted on November 13, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, November 13, 2024

3. River Grove Veterans Memorial

A rear view of the marker, with Ditka Road in the background across Grand Avenue.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 20, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 13, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 206 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 13, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.