Located in Oak Ridge Cemetery
Lincoln Tomb & War Memorials
1500 Monument Ave, Springfield, IL 62702
217/782-2717
Open:
7 a.m. - 5 p.m. during Central Standard Time,
7 a.m. - 8 p.m. during Daylight Savings Time
This
memorial honors the 987,000 Illinois men and women who served in
World War II 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 quotations from military leaders and Presidents Franklin
D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman are engraved on the walls.
Amy Martin, Director
Board
of Trustees
Sunny Fischer, Chair
Daniel J. Arnold
Julia Sniderman Bachrach
D. Jeanie Cooke
Melinda Spitzer Johnston
Anthony J. Leone, Jr.
Dr. Shirley J. Portwood
This
memorial honors the 987,000 Illinois men and women who served in
World War II 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 quotations from military leaders and Presidents Franklin
D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman are engraved on the walls. 