page_title: List of memorials to the Grand Army of the Republic
section_title: Illinois
hierarchical_section_title: List of memorials to the Grand Army of the Republic / State / Illinois
caption_attribution_description: Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois. Photographer: David K. Staub
context_page_description: This is a list of memorials to the Grand Army of the Republic. Memorials include a commemorative postage stamp, a U.S. highway, and physical memorials in numerous communities throughout the United States:
context_section_description: Aurora
  Grand Army of the Republic Hall (Aurora, Illinois) Built in 1878 as a memorial to the Union soldiers. G.A.R. Post No. 20 met here until the 1930s, when the last member died. Operates as a military history museum after several restoration attempts. 
  Chicago
  GAR memorial and several gravesites in Union Ridge Cemetery in the Norwood Park neighborhood.
  The current Chicago Cultural Center was formerly the dual-purposed Chicago Public Library and GAR Meeting Hall. Completed in 1897, it occupies property on Michigan Avenue at Randolph Street donated by the GAR.
  GAR memorial and approximately 350 graves in Rosehill Cemetery
  Memorial to German soldiers of the Civil War in St. Boniface Cemetery. Almost a quarter million German Americans fought for the Union, the largest of any ethnic group in the country.
  Decatur: GAR section with approximately 570 graves and monument in Greenwood Cemetery
  Hoopeston: Floral Hill Cemetery holds a GAR memorial and many gravesites.
  Minier: A GAR monument erected in 1888 by the John Hunter GAR Post 168.
  Murphysboro: A cemetery with the graves of several GAR members who were former slaves originally from Tennessee is southwest of the town.
  Palatine Township: re-dedicated the Grand Army Memorial Plot at Hillside Cemetery on August 16, 2015.
  River Forest: Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Woods which is part of the Forest Preserves of Cook County.
  Springfield:
  Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Museum, located at 629 South 7th Street, is owned and maintained by the Woman's Relief Corps Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic.
  The Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War donated a sundial that was dedicated on the grounds of the Illinois State Capitol September 8, 1940, during the 74th Encampment of the GAR.
  Watseka: GAR Cemetery, established for the Williams Post 25, has a memorial and statue as prominent features at the entrance.
caption: The Chicago Cultural Center (1893), built on land donated by the GAR, maintains a memorial hall to the Grand Army
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