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WWI Victory Memorial

Southwest corner of Main & Gilbet St., Danville, IL 61832

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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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