Near Argenta in Macon County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Friends Creek Veterans Memorial
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 10, 2026
1. Friends Creek Veterans Memorial
Dedicated to those
who have served
When you go home,
tell them of us and say,
For their tomorrow
we gave our today
[Armed Services Emblems]
This memorial has been made possible
through the work and effort of
Boy Scout Troop 31 and the
generosity of the community
Dedicated November 2013
Erected 2013 by Boy Scout Troop 31 and Concerned Citizens and Organizations.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 39° 59.546′ N, 88° 48.098′ W. Memorial is near Argenta, Illinois, in Macon County. It is on Cemetery Road north of Illinois Route 48, on the right when traveling north. Memorial is in Friends Creek Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Argenta IL 62501, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Central Illinois. It is also in the American Midwest 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Dr. Robert Ferrier Carr and Emily Smick Carr (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Illinois Remembers POW/MIA (approx. one mile away); Prairie Park Veterans Memorial (approx. one mile away); Grain Elevator Office (approx. 1.1 miles away); Potawatomi Trail of Death (approx. 4.3 miles away); Lorton's Trading Post (approx. 4.3 miles away); Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District (approx. 9½ miles away); Macon County Museum (approx. 10.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Argenta.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 10, 2026
2. Friends Creek Veterans Memorial Dedication
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 10, 2026
3. Friends Creek Veterans Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on March 14, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 14, 2026, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 8 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 14, 2026, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
