Rapid City in Pennington County, South Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Tank Traps

The Berlin Wall Memorial

Tank Trap A. Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, August 10, 2017

1. Tank Trap A. Marker

Inscription. Tank Trap A.
This tank trap, located between the Brandenburg Gate and Checkpoint Charlie from 1961 - 1989, is donated in honor of the citizens of Potsdam, Germany (the sister city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota), where religious freedom was first proclaimed for Catholics, Protestants and Jews by the Edict of Potsdam in 1685.

Tank Trap B.
This tank trap, located Between the Brandenburg gate and Checkpoint Charlie from 1961 - 1989, is donated in honor of the Air Force personnel at Ellsworth Air Force Base and all South Dakota military Personnel who have faithfully stood in readiness to protect the free world in war and peace.

Erected 1996.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Cold.

Location. 44° 5.161′ N, 103° 13.668′ W. Memorial is in Rapid City, South Dakota, in Pennington County. It is on Mt Rushmore Rd. The Berlin Wall memorial is located in Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 434 N Mt Rushmore Rd, Rapid City SD 57701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is

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in West River

and in the Badlands.

It is also in the American Black Hills,

in the 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Berlin Wall Memorial (here, next to this marker); Berlin Wall Segments (here, next to this marker); The American Commitment (here, next to this marker); The Cruel Border (a few steps from this marker); Confrontation (a few steps from this marker); Construction of the Wall (a few steps from this marker); Celebrating Victory (a few steps from this marker); A City Divided (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rapid City.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker.

Also see . . . The Berlin Wall Memorial. (Submitted on July 9, 2019, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota.)

Tank Trap B. Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, August 10, 2017

2. Tank Trap B. Marker

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, August 10, 2017

3. Tank Trap A. Marker

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, August 10, 2017

4. Tank Trap B. Marker

The Berlin Wall Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, August 10, 2017

5. The Berlin Wall Memorial

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 386 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 9, 2019, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.