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Was not allowed access in Oct. 2019. Call Colleen Morgan for access 630 906 3601
Franklin County Field GunAt the Franklin County Jail Museum
First Presbyterian Church of Champaign WWI Memorial“Description: An arch shaped bronze plaque with raised gilded lettering honors the members of the church and congregation who served in the war, including three named men who lost their lives. The plaque was reported in a 1920 trade magazine: ‘J. E. Filson, Champaign, Ill. is the treasurer of a special fund of the First Presbyterian Church, to install a handsome bronze tablet in the Church dedicated to the patriotism of its members during the late war.’ [Source: American Stone Trade (Nov. 1920): 20.] Inscription: IN HONOR OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND CONGREGATION WHO SERVED OUR NATION AND THE CAUSE OF WORLD LIBERTY IN THE GREAT WAR. 1917 1918 AND IN MEMORY OF THESE THREE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE RAYMOND W. PARKER ELAM ALLEN ANKRUM LOUIS ALBERT KELLER”
Greenview Community Park Arch DEMOLISHED Goodman Theatre The Kenneth Sawyer Memorial Goodman Theatre (the 1925 theater that used be next to the Art Institute).The Goodman Theatre was built in memory of Lieutenant Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, an Art Institute employee who died during World War I in 1918. see
Oakland WWI MemorialLocated in the middle of Oakland Centennial Park. Multi figure sculpture created in 1919 along West Main Street, west of North Pike Street.
Gold Star Mothers MemorialBuilding closed at time of site visit in 2019. Need to revisit
Waukegan High School Memorial Waterloo City CemeteryVarious vets interrred here
Longview Community Honor RollLongview residents who served in the World Wars