Country Club in Edina in Hennepin County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Dwight Williams Park

Photographed By McGhiever, May 13, 2022

1. Dwight Williams Park Marker

Inscription.

Sergeant Dwight Carleton Williams, ski trooper, 10th Mountain Division. Born in Minneapolis, July 22, 1924. Attended Edina Grade School, Blake School, and Harvard College. Killed in action April 30, 1945, in Italy and buried there. In loving memory this old mill site where Dwight often played as a boy is dedicated as Dwight Williams Park.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Parks & Recreational Areas • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is April 30, 1945.

Location. 44° 54.741′ N, 93° 20.51′ W. Marker is in Edina, Minnesota, in Hennepin County. It is in Country Club. Memorial can be reached from West 50th Street east of Browndale Avenue, on the left when traveling east. The marker is in Williams Park, on a boulder on the east side of a paved path leading past the mill site. There are parking lots on either side of 50th Street a short distance to the east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Minneapolis MN 55424, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Edina Mill: A Fast Creek Generates Industry... and a Community (here, next to this marker); Edina Mills (a few steps from this marker); A Creek, a Cause and Some Cows: Add Together, What Do You Get? (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Edina Veterans Memorial

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(about 400 feet away); Minnehaha Grange Hall (approx. 0.4 miles away); Old Cahill School (approx. 0.4 miles away); Como–Harriet Streetcar Line (approx. 1.9 miles away); First School House (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Edina.

Dwight Williams Park Marker mounted to a boulder image. Click for full size.

Photographed By McGhiever, May 13, 2022

2. Dwight Williams Park Marker mounted to a boulder

Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 5, 2022, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota. This page has been viewed 473 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 5, 2022, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.