Spring Grove in Houston County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Spring Grove Area Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, October 4, 2019
1. Spring Grove Area Veterans Memorial
for all, with Firmness in the Right as
God Gives us to See the Right, Let us
Strive on to Finish the Work We are in,
to Bind up the Nation's Wounds, to care
for him who shall have born the Battle
and for his Widow and his Orphan, to do
all which may Achieve and Cherish a Just
and Lasting Peace among Ourselves and
with all Nations.
Abraham Lincoln
Second Inaugural Address, 1865
This Memorial was erected by the
Spring Grove Area Veterans
Memorial Group
in Cooperation with the
City of Spring Grove,
American Legion Post 249
and its Auxiliary,
the Giants of the Earth Heritage
Center, the Veterans and
Citizens of Spring Grove, the
Black Hammer, Spring Grove
and Wilmington Townships,
and many others who donated
their time and treasure.
Erected June 24, 2017
Erected 2017 by Spring Grove Area Veterans Memorial Group in Cooperation with the City of Spring Grove, American Legion Post 249 and its Auxiliary, the Giants of the Earth Heritage Center, the Veterans and Citizens of Spring Grove, the Black Hammer, Spring Grove and Wilmington Townships.
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Location. 43° 33.708′ N, 91° 38.095′ W. Memorial is in Spring Grove, Minnesota, in Houston County. It is at the intersection of Maple Drive and 1st Avenue NE on Maple Drive. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 119 Maple Drive, Spring Grove MN 55974, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Minnesota. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, in the Driftless Area Bluff Country, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Ruperts Land, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Louisiana Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least 3 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Portland Prairie Methodist Episcopal Church (approx. 7.6 miles away); Hesper Community (approx. 8.6 miles away in Iowa); Locust School (approx. 10.6 miles away in Iowa).
Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, October 4, 2019
2. Spring Grove Area Veterans Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on December 4, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 31, 2019, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. This page has been viewed 256 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 31, 2019, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.
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