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Photo of the Day: World War I Memorial

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John Burke, former president of the Des Plaines Historical Society, recently shared .

Lorenzen was one of several veterans memorialized on small stones with metal plaques mounted to them, which used to be displayed surrounding a large stone memorial in the downtown area. Today, the large stone memorial is located at , and the smaller stones are at the Kinder House Museum next to the .

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