Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

School named for poet Joyce Kilmer who was killed in WWI.

New York Street Memorial Bridge: Branches of Service Plaque & Goddess of Victory Statue

Included as an object in the Stolp Island Historic District listed in the National Register. The bridge was designed as a memorial for World War I veterans and dedicated in 1930-1931. At each end of the bridge is a concrete statue titled “Memory.” A bronze “Victory” statue is located on the north side. On the south side is a plaque flanked by two eagle statuettes. “The bridge features six ornamental elements, four hooded Memory sculptures, a statue celebrating Victory, and the Branches of Service Plaque, a large bronze relief representing the three branches of the armed services at the time of WWI. At the center of the bridge there are two outlooks with bronze and limestone memorials. On the north side stands a 12 foot bronze statue of the Messenger Goddess Victory on top of a 10 foot limestone base. Aurora will use the LI grant funding to restore the Victory statue.”

Sangamon County Honor Roll

Moved into Oak Ridge cemetery in 2019 from 1st St. and Grand Ave. (Bob Vose corner)

Veterans Memorial + Field Gun Belleau Wood

Dedicated to the Marines that fought at Belleau Woods, France. It was a big battle where the Germans gave them the nickname “Devil Dogs” that has stuck to this day (name was given because the Marines were not only fierce fighters, but unbelievably good shots from such long distances something they maintain to this day). There is a big stone marked and USMC flags at the SE corner of Rand Rd and Ballard in Des Plaines.

Flora WWI Memorial

Mounted on the corner of the Legion Hall, small howitzer displayed in front.

Alpha Delta Phi WWI Memorial (not located)

Fraternity has moved. Whereabouts unknown in 2019. Brothers in Arms was commissioned in 1920 by the New York City chapter of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, and sold by subscription to the 25 then active chapters in the US and Canada, of which Aitken himself was a member. It is a memorial to the 93 Alpha Delta Phi fraternity members who died in WWI, and shows a wounded American and Canadian officer assisting one another off of the battlefield. Fraternity no longer in possession of sculpture “Brothers in Arms”. Several examples are for sale online in 2019.

Bond County Veterans Memorial

Part of a larger memorial for all the KIA’s of this area.

First United Methodist Church of Oak Park

Plaque located inside

Schuyler County Veterans Memorial