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

Honoring Women of the Armed Forces

Past • Present • Future

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, August 30, 2023

1. Honoring Women of the Armed Forces Marker, west-facing side

Inscription.
[West-facing side:]
Army Nurse Corps, 2 Feb 1901 • Navy Nurse Corps, 13 May 1908 • Women Airforce Service Pilots, 10 Sept 1942, 20 Dec 1944 • Yomanettes, 19 March 1917-31 July 1919 • Marinenettes, 13 August 1918-11 August 1919 • WAC Women's Army Corps, 14 May 1942 • Waves-Women's Branch U.S.N., 30 July 1942 • Women Marines, 13 February 1943 • SPARS-U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve, 23 November 1942 • WAFS-Women Air Force, 12 June 1947

Women's military branches were integrated into the regular armed forces in 1978

[East-facing side:]
All America honors women service veterans

World War • World War II • Korea • Vietnam • Persian Gulf

Lest we forget those women who paid the supreme sacrifice

Erected 1997.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Military • Patriots & Patriotism • Women. A significant historical date for this entry is February 13, 1943.

Location. 42° 0.675′ N, 88° 10.35′ W. Memorial is in Streamwood, Illinois, in Cook County. It is on Irving Park Road (Illinois Route 19) 0.2 miles east of Park Avenue, on the right when traveling east. The memorial is adjacent to the Streamwood Veterans Memorial. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 401 Irving Park Road, Streamwood IL 60107, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Chicago.

It is also in the American Midwest.

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 Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: POW-MIA Memorial (a few steps from this marker);

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Streamwood Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); 155mm Howitzers (Circa 1955) (within shouting distance of this marker); War Dogs Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); We Remember (within shouting distance of this marker); Veterans Memorial (approx. ¾ mile away); Old Spaulding School (approx. 3 miles away); Wise Road (approx. 4.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Streamwood.

More about this memorial. Streamwood's Veterans Memorial was dedicated in 1991. This monument to women who served in the armed forces was added in 1997 just north of the star that makes up the primary memorial.

Honoring Women of the Armed Forces Marker, east-facing side image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn

2. Honoring Women of the Armed Forces Marker, east-facing side

Streamwood Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean Flynn

3. Streamwood Veterans Memorial

The women's memorial is at the very back of this memorial from this vantage point, not far form Irving Park Road.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 5, 2026, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 6 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 5, 2026, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. 3. submitted on August 30, 2023, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.