Victory Monument (Chicago)

Victory Monument (Chicago)

Infobox_nrhp2 | name =Victory Sculpture
nrhp_type =
designated_other1_name= Chicago Landmark
designated_other1_date= September 9 1998
designated_other1_abbr= CL
designated_other1_link= Chicago Landmark
designated_other1_color= #aaccff
locmapin = Illinois


caption = View facing north
location= 35th Street and King Drive
Chicago, IL
lat_degrees = 41 | lat_minutes = 49 | lat_seconds = 51.81 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 87 | long_minutes = 37 | long_seconds = 2.72 | long_direction = W
area =
built =1927
architect= Nyden,John A.; Crunelle,Leonard
architecture=
added = April 30, 1986
governing_body = Local
mpsub=Black Metropolis TR
refnum=86001089 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Victory Monument was built to honor the Eighth Regiment of the Illinois National Guard, an African-American unit that served in France during World War I. It is located in the Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District in the Douglas community area of Chicago, Illinois. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on September 9 1998.cite web|url=http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/V/Victory.html|title=Victory Monument|publisher=City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division|date=2003|accessdate=2007-05-07] The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 30, 1986. An annual Memorial Day ceremony is held at the monument.

Features

The monument features 4 bronze panels and a sculpture of a soldier atop that was added in 1936.. To the north of the monument is a court with 4 plaques in the large tilings. The plaques honor Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr., Truman Gibson, Sr./Truman Gibson, Jr., Franklin A. Denison, & George R. Giles. To the south of the monument is a flagpole that flies the United States flag, Municipal Flag of Chicago, POW/MIA flag.

Gallery

Notes

External links

* [http://www.nps.gov/history/NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/53black/53black.htm "Chicago's Black Metropolis: Understanding History Through a Historic Place," a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan]


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