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Argonne-Marine Memorial Oval Marker map_it

  • Location: Burnett Street and Whitney Avenue
  • Description: Marker
  • Materials: Barre granite (honed finish on face)
  • Dimensions: H: 1'10" W: 2'6" D: 2'
  • Cast: ca. 1971
  • Dedicated: May 30, 1971
  • Donor: Argonne-Marine Park Post No. 107 and Ladies Auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
  • Inscription: DEDICATED ON MAY 30, 1971 / BY THE ARGONNE MARINE PARK / POST NO. 107 OF THE V.F.W. / AND ITS LADIES AUXILIARY / TO THE MEN AND WOMEN / OF THIS COMMUNITY / WHO GAVE THEIR YESTERDAYS / TO INSURE OUR TOMORROWS. /

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