is this county also in illinois?
Yes
DeKalb County, Illinois
located in the U.S. state of Illinois
please describe the civil war memorial in sycamore illinois. The structure is a memorial to the thousands of DeKalb County residents who served in the American Civil War.
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DeKalb County, Illinois [SEP] Introduction
DeKalb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 105,160. Its county seat is Sycamore. DeKalb County is part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.