Modeled after the Pantheon in Rome, this Memorial Temple, the largest monument on the field, is dedicated to the 36,312 Illinois men whose names are inscribed on the bronze plaques within. The Illinois Commission specified that no device indicative of war should appear on the memorial. Dedicated: October 26, 1906 Designer: W. L. B. Jenney Sculptor: Charles J. Mulligan
Modeled after the Pantheon in Rome, this Memorial Temple, the largest monument on the field, is dedicated to the 36,312 Illinois men whose names are inscribed on the bronze plaques within. The Illinois Commission specified that no device indicative of war should appear on the memorial. Dedicated: October 26, 1906 Designer: W. L. B. Jenney Sculptor: Charles J. Mulligan