On 61st Street at 73rd Avenue, on the right when traveling west on 61st Street.
The MS Anti-Tank Gun in Action
The 3” ATG MS was issued only to Tank Destroyer Battalions during World War 2. These were created specifically to stop massed German tank attacks. The Anti-Tank Guns equipped about half (28) of the Tank . . . — — Map (db m258759) HM WM
On Harlem Avenue (Illinois Route 43) north of 61st Street, on the right when traveling south.
Dedicated to all our men and women who have served our country in war and peace: past, present and future.
God bless America
We support our troops — — Map (db m258809) HM
On 64th Street 0.1 miles east of 76th Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Emmett Louis Till, An African American youth. His childhood home stood at this site. His brutal murder in Mississippi in 1955 for whistling at a white woman is said to have been the catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement in America.
We . . . — — Map (db m252110) HM
On South Archer Road (Illinois Route 171) 0.1 miles south of 57th Street, on the right when traveling south.
This monument is constructed of boulders brought by the glacier from Lake Superior region and deposited in this valley having traversed the route later followed by the earlier French explorers La Salle, Joliet and Father Marquette — — Map (db m258712) HM
On Archer Road (Illinois Route 171) at 57th Street, on the right when traveling south on Archer Road.
In gratitude to those who served our country in the Middle East conflicts
The Freedom Run commemorates and honors all past and present military personnel whether during peace or conflict for their brave dedication and patriotism in keeping . . . — — Map (db m258711) WM
On Archer Road (Illinois Route 171) south of 57th Street, on the right when traveling south. Reported unreadable.
Glaciers:
The continental glaciers of the Great Ice Age scoured and scraped the land surface, pushing up chunks of bedrock and grinding them against each other and along the ground surface as the rock-laden ice sheets pushed southward. . . . — — Map (db m264412) HM
On 63rd Street at 74th Avenue, on the right on 63rd Street.
[Text etched onto the dais in front of the statue of Mamie Till-Mobley:]
One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America
In 1955, Mamie Till-Mobley sparked the Civil Rights
Movement speaking on behalf of justice, . . . — — Map (db m264415) HM
Dedicated to the men and women who served courageously and gallantly in the armed forces in all the wars and conflicts of the United States of America
WW I • WW II • Korean • Vietnam • Desert Storm — — Map (db m264418) HM
