The Victory Monument at 35th Street and King Drive on Chicago's South Side was built to honor the 8th Regiment of the Illinois National Guard, an African-American unit that served in France during World War I. Created by sculptor Leonard Crunelle in 1927, it is located in the Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District in the Douglas community. It is a white granite shaft topped with a bronze doughboy sculpture that was added in 1936. On the monument's shaft are three bonze relief panels depicting life-sized figures. On one, the names of 137 members of the 8th Regiment who lost their lives during World War I are inscribed. The 8th was the last regiment pursuing the retreating German forces in the Aisne-Marne region of France just before the November 11, 1918 Armistice. The statue was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 and designated a Chicago Landmark in 1998.

This structure was erected to honor the meritorious achievements of the Eighth Regiment of the Illinois National Guard, an African-American unit that served in France during World War I