Calhoun Isles in Minneapolis in Hennepin County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Victory Memorial Drive

Photographed by McGhiever, January 3, 2021

1. Victory Memorial Drive marker

Inscription. Dedicated to the memory of the soldiers, sailors and marines of Hennepin County who lost their lives in the Great World War
1914–1918

Erected 1921 by Hon. C. M. Loring.

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

Location. 44° 58.289′ N, 93° 19.353′ W. Memorial is in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in Hennepin County. It is in Calhoun Isles. It is on Theodore Wirth Parkway north of North Wayzata Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. On a boulder between the road and the paved footpath. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Minneapolis MN 55405, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

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 Rupert’s Land,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers

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are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: History of the Garden (approx. ¼ mile away); Ripley Gardens (approx. 0.9 miles away); Dr. Martha Ripley (approx. 0.9 miles away); Peavey Fountain (approx. one mile away); Old Fort Snelling (approx. 1.6 miles away); The Chain of Lakes (approx. 1.7 miles away); Minnesota World War I Marine Corps Memorial (approx. 1.8 miles away); In Memory of the Boys of Our Navy (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Minneapolis.

Marker beside Theodore Wirth Parkway image. Click for full size.

Photographed by McGhiever, January 3, 2021

2. Marker beside Theodore Wirth Parkway

Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 30, 2021, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota. This page has been viewed 400 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 30, 2021, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.