Park Ridge in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Sgt. Emmons Harries
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, July 9, 2025
1. Sgt. Emmons Harries Marker
In memory of Sgt. Emmons Harries
Co E 132nd Inf 33rd Div
Died in service May 25, 1919
Erected by Mel Tierney American Legion Post 247.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
Location. 42° 0.543′ N, 87° 49.852′ W. Memorial is in Park Ridge, Illinois, in Cook County. It is at the intersection of Courtland Avenue and Prospect Avenue on Courtland Avenue. The marker is on the north end of Hodges Park, at the rear a newer war memorial. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Park Ridge IL 60068, 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Pvt. Richard F. Boettcher (here, next to this marker); Pvt. Henry J. Ziegenbein (here, next to this marker); Edmund F. Bentley (here, next to this marker); Corp. Mel Tierney (here, next to this marker); Lt. Herbert C. Petersen (here, next to this marker); Park Ridge War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Milestones of History (within shouting distance of this marker); Park Ridge Camp Fire Girls (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Park Ridge.
More about this memorial. This bronze plaque is one of more than a half-dozen individual markers to World War I veterans that can be found surrounding a newer war memorial on the north end of Hodges Park.
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, July 9, 2025
2. Sgt. Emmons Harries Marker
The marker is one of six surrounding a newer war memorial at Hodges Park. It is the second to the left of the four pictured here.
Regarding Sgt. Emmons Harries. According to his gravestone at Oakwood Cemetery in Waukegan, Illinois, Emmons Harries was a platoon sergeant in Company E of the 132nd Infantry, a famed Illinois regiment that traced its roots to the Civil War. According to a roster of the 132nd, he and his older brother John enlisted at the same time, on May 1, 1917, and were members of the 132nd together. John Harries survived the war and lived into the 21st century, dying in Arizona in 2001 at the age of 107; he is the namesake of Harries Post 120 in Sun City, Arizona.
As for Emmons, ship manifests indicate that he served in Europe during World War I, and that he returned to the United States in May of 1919 on a ship for sick and wounded soldiers. The final manifest lists his home address in Park Ridge
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, July 9, 2025
3. Hodges Park
The war memorials are on the north end of the park.
Mel Tierney Post 247 is named after another casualty of World War I, who is also honored with a plaque here at Hodges Park. The post appears to still be active to this day.
Also see . . . Find a Grave: Emmons L. Harries. (Submitted on July 10, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)
Credits. This page was last revised on March 27, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 10, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 102 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 10, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.
