Kankakee in Kankakee County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Let Freedom Ring Garden

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, May 30, 2026

1. Let Freedom Ring Garden Marker

Inscription.
In honor of all veterans

Erected 2008 by Kankakee Kultivators Garden Club.

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

Location. 41° 6.768′ N, 87° 52.709′ W. Memorial is in Kankakee, Illinois, in Kankakee County. It is at the intersection of 8th Avenue and Water Street, on the right when traveling south on 8th Avenue. The garden is on the grounds of the Kankakee County Museum. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 801 South 8th Avenue, Kankakee IL 60901, 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,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in 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 walking distance of this marker: Memorial Day Order (here, next to this marker); Central School Bell

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Baker School Bell (within shouting distance of this marker); Taylor One-Room Schoolhouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Historical and Arts Building Governor Small Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Columns of the Eastern Illinois Trust and Savings Bank (within shouting distance of this marker); Governor Len Small (within shouting distance of this marker); History of Bird Park Quarry (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kankakee.

Let Freedom Ring Garden image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, May 30, 2026

2. Let Freedom Ring Garden

The marker in front is a plaque reprinting the order that created Memorial Day as a holiday in 1868; behind that is a memorial about Let Freedom Ring Garden.

Let Freedom Ring Garden veterans memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, May 30, 2026

3. Let Freedom Ring Garden veterans memorial

Let Freedom Ring Garden donors image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, May 30, 2026

4. Let Freedom Ring Garden donors

Credits. This page was last revised on June 1, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 1, 2026, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 10 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 1, 2026, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.