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

Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, April 12, 2025

1. Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription. In memory of those men and women who served our country with diginity and honor

Erected 2022 by Lombard American Legion Post 391.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism.

Location. 41° 47.273′ N, 88° 1.998′ W. Memorial is in Downers Grove, Illinois, in DuPage County. It is on Glenview Avenue near Howard Avenue, on the right when traveling north. The memorial is in Oak Crest and Oak Hill Cemeteries. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Downers Grove IL 60515, 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 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: Lottie Holman O’Neill (a few steps

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from this marker); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Memorial Park (approx. half a mile away); Monarch Habitat (approx. 0.6 miles away); St. Bernard of Clairvaux (approx. one mile away); Welcome to Belmont Prairie (approx. 1.1 miles away); An Illinois Nature Preserve (approx. 1.1 miles away); Belmont Prairie (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Downers Grove.

More about this memorial. Based on Google Street View archives, it appears that this memorial occupies a spot that was once a fence between Oak Crest Cemetery and Oak Hill Cemetery; that fence seems to have been removed sometime in the 2010s. The two cemeteries are operated by Downers Grove Township.

Veterans Memorial at Oak Crest and Oak Hill cemeteries image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, April 12, 2025

2. Veterans Memorial at Oak Crest and Oak Hill cemeteries

Oak Crest and Oak Hill cemeteries image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, April 12, 2025

3. Oak Crest and Oak Hill cemeteries

The veterans memorial (on the right side) occupies an area that once had a fence demarking the line between Oak Crest and Oak Hill cemeteries.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 15, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 15, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 140 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 15, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.