WWI Victory Memorial
Southwest corner of Main & Gilbet St., Danville, IL 61832
Historic Sites
Danville's monument to Vermilion County's World War I veterans was sculpted by Lorado Taft.
Statues representing Army, Marine, Navy, and Red Cross nurses guard the marble base, where the names of local men who have made the ultimate sacrifice in World War I are listed.
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