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

Honoring American Women Veterans

Photographed by Matthew Stevens, September 8, 2026

1. Honoring American Women Veterans Memorial

Inscription.
Women Veterans Memorial
Sponsored by:
Charlotte & Joe Hodder, Jr

Erected 2022 by the DeKalb Elks Lodge No. 765.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Military • Women.

Location. 41° 55.755′ N, 88° 46.344′ W. Memorial is in DeKalb, Illinois, in DeKalb County. It is on South Annie Glidden Road south of West Lincoln Highway (Illinois Route 38), on the right when traveling north. This memorial is located at the DeKalb Veterans Memorial at the DeKalb Elks Lodge 765. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 209 S Annie Glidden Rd, Dekalb IL 60115, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Northern 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

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: DeKalb Veterans Memorial

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(a few steps from this marker); Honoring World War I DeKalb Area Veterans (a few steps from this marker); Viet Nam Era Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Barbed Wire Manufacturing (approx. 0.2 miles away); Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (approx. half a mile away); Northern Illinois University Entrance (approx. half a mile away); Northern Illinois State Normal School (approx. 0.6 miles away); Northern Illinois University 75th Anniversary Time Capsule (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in DeKalb.

Photographed by Matthew Stevens, September 8, 2026

2. Honoring American Women Veterans Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on September 23, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 8, 2026, by Matthew Stevens of Washington, Illinois. This page has been viewed 12 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 8, 2026, by Matthew Stevens of Washington, Illinois. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.