Belvidere, Illinois - 1967 Tornado Disaster Monument
- Address:
- East Avenue, Belvidere, IL [Show Map]
- Directions:
- Belvidere High School. I-90 northwest of Chicago. Take the Belvidere/Genoa Rd exit. Drive north on Hwy 4/Genoa Rd for a half-mile, then turn left onto US 20 for a half-mile. Turn right onto East Ave.; the high school with the monument in front will be on the right.
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Ninety minutes later the same system spawned another F4 tornado 75 miles southeast of here, in Oak Lawn. It killed even more people than in Belvidere, including 16 who died sitting in Friday rush hour traffic at the corner of Southwest Highway and W. 95th St. There's no memorial in Oak Lawn, however, so the one here will have to suffice for both disasters. [RoadsideAmerica.com Team, 09/01/2007]
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