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Eureka, South Dakota Veterans Memorial

 
 
Eureka, South Dakota Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, July 20, 2018
1. Eureka, South Dakota Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription.
This memorial is dedicated to the veterans of the U.S. armed forces who served and performed their patriotic duty in defense of our country and freedom. Let us always remember them for their dedication, courage, and sacrifice.
 
Erected 1997.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, VietnamWar, World II.
 
Location. 45° 46.318′ N, 99° 38.145′ W. Memorial is in Eureka, South Dakota, in McPherson County. It is on 327th Ave 0.3 miles north of State Highway 10, on the right when traveling south. Located across the street from the city park on a peninsula in Lake Eureka. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Eureka SD 57437, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in East River. It is also in the American Lewis & Clark Corridor, on the prairies, and on the Northern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land and also the Louisiana Purchase.

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least 3 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Charles N. Herreid (approx. 0.3 miles away); Honoring the People of the Eureka Area (approx. 0.3 miles away); Hoffnungstal EV. Lutheran Church (approx. 6.9 miles away).
 
Eureka, South Dakota Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, July 20, 2018
2. Eureka, South Dakota Veterans Memorial Marker
Veterans Memorial
Sponsored by
Veterans of Foreign wars
Eureka Post #5126
Eureka, SD
Dedicated Nov. 22, 1997

"Freedom is not Free"
Respect, Honor and Remember
The U.S. Military Veterans

Veterans of Foreign Wars Motto
"Serve the dead by
Helping the Living."
Eureka, South Dakota Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, July 20, 2018
3. Eureka, South Dakota Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 26, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 21, 2018, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. This page has been viewed 278 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on July 21, 2018, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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