Rapid City in Pennington County, South Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
The Berlin Wall Memorial
Given to Rapid City by Generous Citizens Mindful of the Price of Freedom
COMMITTEE
Gale Holbrook
Ra Vae Luckhart
Jim Kuehn
Phil Nichols
Carolyn Mollers
Paul Reinke, DDS
Col. Josiah Wallace
Dale Clement, PhD
Marcia Elkins
Lon Van Deusen
Heide Schroeder
Don Phillips
ADVISERS
Dr. Richard Gowen
Fred Thurston
Doug Garcia
Chaplain Herb Cleveland
Dr. Srinivasa Iyer
Dr. Helmut Trotnow, Berlin
Checkpoint Charlie Museum, Berlin
Geiger Vallery Stradinger Design Co.
DONORS
Gale and Janie Holbrook
Jon T. Vucurevich
The John T. Vucerevich Foundation
Grove and Jan Rathbun
Col Josiah and Vicki Wallace
The Retired Officers Association
Whiting Hagg and Hagg
Black Hills Corporation
Pete Lien & Sons, Inc.
Glenn C. Barber & Associates
Thurston Design Group, LLP
JK Crane Service, Inc.
Jim an d Yvonne Kuehn
South Dakota Concrete Products Co.
Wyss Associates, Inc.
Certified Folder Display Service, Inc.
Alliance of Architects and Engineers
City of Rapid City
Parks Department
Street Department
Stanford Adelstein
Hills Materials Company
Wayne and David Gustafson, Heavy Constructors, Inc.
Duhamel Broadcasting Co.
Rushmore German Club
John A. Humke
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dr. Hubert Oppe
Al Jensen Helga Roerick
Jim Scull
Michael and Carmen Derby
Paul and Ingrid Reinke
Dale and Barbara Clement
City of Apolda, Germany
J & D Precast, Inc.
Birdsall Sand & Gravel Co.
Anton and Hedy Kuegle
Phil Nichols Associates
Apex Integrated Multimedia
Maj. Robert Liebman, USAF
City of Ratingen, Germany
Erected 1996.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Cold. In addition, it is included in the Berlin Wall series list.
Location. 44° 5.174′ N, 103° 13.667′ W. Marker is in Rapid City, South Dakota, in Pennington County. The Berlin Wall memorial is located in Memorial Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 434 N Mt Rushmore Rd, Rapid City SD 57701, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Celebrating Victory (here, next to this marker); A City Divided (here, next to this marker); Construction of the Wall (here, next to this marker); Confrontation (here, next to this marker); The Cruel Border (a few steps from this marker); The American Commitment (a few steps from this marker); Berlin Wall Segments (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named The Berlin Wall Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rapid City.
Also see . . . The Berlin Wall Memorial. (Submitted on July 9, 2019, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota.)
Credits. This page was last revised on July 10, 2019. It was originally submitted on July 9, 2019, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. This page has been viewed 269 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 9, 2019, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.