Delavan in Walworth County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Veterans Memorial

Lest We Forget Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Susan Van Den Bosch, April 30, 2025

1. Lest We Forget Marker

Inscription. Lest we forget

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 42° 37.822′ N, 88° 37.363′ W. Memorial is in Delavan, Wisconsin, in Walworth County. It can be reached from Hobbs Drive east of South Wright Street, on the right when traveling east. This memorial is in Congdon Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1424 Hobbs Drive, Delavan WI 53115, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Wisconsin. 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Birthplace of “The Greatest Show on Earth” (approx. 0.8 miles away); Civil War Tree (approx. 0.8 miles away); Delavan’s Historic Brick Street (approx. 1.3 miles away);

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"19th Century Circus Capital of the Nation" (approx. 1.3 miles away); Delavan's Circus Colony (approx. 1.3 miles away); Historic Circus District (approx. 1.3 miles away); Wisconsin's First School for the Deaf (approx. 1.7 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Delavan.

Photographed by Susan Van Den Bosch, April 30, 2025

2. Lest We Forget Marker

Photographed by Susan Van Den Bosch, April 30, 2025

3. Lest We Forget Marker

Army - Marines - Navy

Photographed by Susan Van Den Bosch, April 30, 2025

4. Lest We Forget Marker

Air Force - Space Force - Coast Guard

Photographed by Susan Van Den Bosch, April 30, 2025

5. Lest We Forget Marker

Congdon Gardens

Credits. This page was last revised on May 15, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 30, 2025, by Susan Van Den Bosch of Almond, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 132 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 30, 2025, by Susan Van Den Bosch of Almond, Wisconsin. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.