The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
Monday, December 3, 2018
Illinois in World War II: Illinois Veterans Memorial
Since today is the 200th anniversary of Illinois being admitted as a state in the United States.
From the Illinois Natural Resources Historic Preservation Division.
This memorial honors the 987,000 Illinois men and women who served during the war and the 22,000 who gave their lives.
Its focal point is a white, 22-ton concrete world globe flanked on two sides by black granite walls.
Stainless steel buttons on the globe identify major battles and there are quotations by military leaders and Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman.
The memorial is in Oak Ridge Cemetery on the north side of Springfield. This is the same cemetery in which Abraham Lincoln is buried.
--GreGen
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