Editing Marseilles, Illinois (section)

===Middle East Conflicts Wall Memorial===
In 2004 the [[Middle East Conflicts Wall Memorial]] was dedicated to the service men and women who gave their lives fighting in US wars anywhere in the Middle East.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.illinois.gov/veterans/features/memorials/Pages/middle-east-conflicts-memorial.aspx|title=Middle East Conflicts Memorial Wall – Memorials|website=www2.illinois.gov|access-date=2019-05-28}}</ref>  The Middle East Conflicts Wall Memorial is the first US memorial to servicemen dedicated while an actual war was ongoing.  Currently, the earliest names on the wall are from 1967 commemorating the deaths during the [[USS Liberty incident]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://middleeastconflictswall.org/about/|title=About the Middle East Conflicts Wall Memorial in Marseilles, Illinois|website=Middle East Conflicts Wall Memorial|access-date=2019-05-28|archive-date=May 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527222352/https://middleeastconflictswall.org/about/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Andrew Bacevich]], American 
historian, felt that all presidential candidates should visit Marseilles, commenting that "Just as there are all-but-mandatory venues in Iowa and New Hampshire where candidates are expected to appear, why not make Marseilles, Illinois, one as well. Let all of the candidates competing to oust Donald Trump from the White House (their ranks now approaching two dozen) schedule at least one campaign stop at the Middle East Conflicts Wall, press entourage suitably in tow."  [[Andrew Bacevich]] lost his son in Iraq, his son's name is included in the monument.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://truthout.org/articles/the-town-where-presidents-should-be-forced-to-confront-forever-wars/|title=The Town Where Presidents Should Be Forced to Confront "Forever Wars"|last=Bacevich|first=Andrew J.|website=Truthout|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-31}}</ref>