Metzger-Crook Post 6504

Historical marker location:

406 Veterans Dr, Waterloo, Illinois

( Memorial is on Veterans Dvive, 0.1 miles east of Monroe St, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2021

406 Veterans Drive. Waterloo, Monroe Co. Ill., Laid out in 1818.

Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo was founded in 1868, making it one of the oldest zoos in the United States. The zoo originally housed a pair of swans, but it has since grown to house over 1,000 animals from around the world.