Burt Township in Grand Marais in Alger County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

In Honor of Our Country’s Defenders

1917 – 1954

Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 3, 2024

1. In Honor of Our Country’s Defenders Marker

Inscription.

In Honor of Our Country’s Defenders. 1917 – 1954. , William A. Abrahamson . Walter Aho . Beverly Hugg . Mark Barnly . Francis H. Bleckiner . Vernon L Beeckiner . Dr. J. R. Boland . James Buckland . Isaac R. Carpenter . Donald Carpenter . Peter G. Carpenter . Rufus Garrigan . Forrest Garter . Jack Dowell . Edward De Rosia . Harold Eichelberg . Oiva Erickson . Arvo Erickson . Robert Erickson . Earl Eastman . Ora Endress . Charles Fredrickson . Ambrose Graham . Joseph Graham . Albert Gross . Arthur Goupille . Rudolph Goupille . Niilo Human . George Hermanson . William Hermanson . John Hillman . Louis Hebert, Sr. . Louis Hebert, Jr. . Thomas Hebert . Alan J. Hebert . Wayne Hutchens . Albert Kropp . Armas Kallio . Arvo Kallio . Arthur Kallio . Carl A. Kallio . George Lee . Robert P. Lee . Thomas F. Lee . William E. Lee . Clifford P. De Rosia , Bruce Bailey . Harold Bailey . Yale Bailey . George N. Carpenter . Elmer J. Doyle , ☆ Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice: Marnor Keating . James Martin . Delacy Lee . Charles Senecal . Felix Soldenski, Jr. ☆ , Samuel La Roug . Archie La Roug . Lloyd La Roug . Toiva Linamaki . Walter O. Linamaki . Kenneth Le Febvre . Norvan Le Febvre . William Le Febvre . Afred Lundquist . Francis Lundquist . Gordon Long . Homer Lyons . John Lyons . Burton F. Masse . Bruce Masse . Donald P. Masse . Fred Masse . James Masse . Robert F. Masse . Russell Masse . Yalmor M. Malmberg . Bruce R. Mulligan . James D. Mulligan . Richard B. Mulligan . Richard F. Mulligan . Russell Mulligan . Forrest Martin . Lloyd W. Martin . Russell Martin . Samuel Martin . Emil Mattson . John W Mattson . Paavo Mattson . Vernon Mattson , Earl Moressy . John Mixon . Vino Mixon . Walter I. Mixon . Harold Meldrum . Hugo Maki . John Maki . Donald Mc Donald . Lyle A. Mc Donald . Claude Mc Lean . Alfred Niemi . Arvo Niemi . Axel Niemi . Vernon Niemi . Floyd Nettleton . George Nettleton . Charles Newberg . John G. Newberg . Ruth V. Newberg . Vernon L. Newberg . Thomas Nyman . Parke Ogden . Vernon Olli . Irving Olli . Vilho Olli . Herman Ottenhoff . Dr. Forrest Ostrander . Francis G. Peterson . Iva Peterson . John A. Peterson . Lawrence E. Peterson . William Peterson . Earl Pell . George Pegg , Robert P. Pugh . Stanley Pugh . Willis R. Pugh . Charles M Probst . Lawrence Phoenix . Carl Pierson . Felix Pearson . Theodore Roberts . William H. Roberts . Nicholas Sebastian . John Strom . Carl D. Savage . Howard Sigan . Rosalie D. Senecal . Theodore Senecal . Erna Soldenski . Edward Soldenski . Grace Soldenski . John Soldenski . Norman Soldenski . Theodore Soldenski . Walter Soldenski . Lawrence Tellier . Max Tester . B. J. Trudell . James Thorington, Sr. . Thomas Thorington . William Thorington . William Thomas . Anthony J. Tornovish . Frank Tomkiel . Blake Towe . James H. Thompson . William E. Vaudrieul . Emil J. Wicklund . Roy E. Wicklund . Walter G. Wicklund . Evelyn L. Williamson . John W. Williamson . Virginia Williamson . William Williamson Jr. . Herman Wood . John Wood . Richard D. Wood . Thomas Webb . Oiva Ylimali , Cline P. Carpenter . Louis Des Jardine . Donald Nettleton . John W. Doyle . Augustus C. Troden . Hugh J. Troden , They Also Served , William Bailey . Neal Beaver . Maxine Bennett . Normajean Bennett . Joseph Bezotte . Stacey Bugg . Bancroft W. Bufe . Otto Bufe IV . Otto M. Bufe . Winfield Bufe . Bruce Erickson . Arthur Gage . Kristine Hartman . Larry J. Hartman . Sherry Hartman . Sidney Hermanson . Joshua Hicks . Wallace Hill . Vernon Kirkens . Ronald R. Baynton . Bernard F. Corey . Keith L. Nyman . Alexander Kropp, Jr. . Leonard A. Baynton . Steven Block . Richard E. Miller , Bruce Hooyman . James Hooyman . Richard Johnson . Jason Kinlaw . Jeffrey Kinlaw . Michale Kinlaw . Michael Laeder . Susan Mustatia . Craig Purple . Michelle Seibert . Sean Seibert . Jason Spurlock . Matthew Tester . Jack Tuomikoski . Ann Venturato . Renae Venturato . Andrew Wilson , Vietnam Conflict, 1961–1775 , Abrahamson, Paul . Abrahamson, Roger . Bailey, Louis . Barney, Gary . Barney, Mark, Jr. . Barney, Mark, Sr. . Baynton, Robert . Block, Steven . Capagrossa, Enrico J. . Carter, Brian . Corey, Bernard . Gage, Wesley . Gauthier, Charles . Gauthier, William . Hartman, John . Hartman, Larry . Hebert Alan . Johnson, Denis . Johnson, James . Ketola, Charles W. . Lacombe, Albert . Lacombe, Ralph . Massey, Edward C. . Massey, Ronald J. , McLeod, Bruce Leland . McLeod, Leonard . Mead, Philip T. . Mixon, William . Moore, Jerry . Mulligan, Michael . Mulligan, Patrick, R. . Niemi, Vernon . Nyman, John . Ottenhoff, William . Nyman, Theodore . Purple, Cecil . Roberts, John . Senecal, Charles . Senecal, Edwin . Senecal, John . Senecal, Paul . Smith, Leon A. . Soldenski, Robert . Venturato, Gary . Venturato, John . Wallace, William Jason . Wood, Patrick . Bennett, Paul Edward

William A. Abrahamson • Walter Aho • Beverly Hugg • Mark Barnly • Francis H. Bleckiner • Vernon L Beeckiner • Dr. J. R. Boland • James Buckland • Isaac R. Carpenter • Donald Carpenter • Peter G. Carpenter • Rufus Garrigan • Forrest Garter • Jack Dowell • Edward De Rosia • Harold Eichelberg • Oiva Erickson • Arvo Erickson • Robert Erickson • Earl Eastman • Ora Endress • Charles Fredrickson • Ambrose Graham • Joseph Graham • Albert Gross • Arthur Goupille • Rudolph Goupille • Niilo Human • George Hermanson • William Hermanson • John Hillman • Louis Hebert, Sr. • Louis Hebert, Jr. • Thomas Hebert • Alan J. Hebert • Wayne Hutchens • Albert Kropp • Armas Kallio • Arvo Kallio • Arthur Kallio • Carl A. Kallio • George Lee • Robert P. Lee • Thomas F. Lee • William E. Lee • Clifford P. De Rosia — Bruce Bailey • Harold Bailey • Yale Bailey • George N. Carpenter • Elmer J. Doyle

☆ Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice: Marnor Keating • James Martin • Delacy Lee • Charles Senecal • Felix Soldenski, Jr. ☆

Samuel La Roug • Archie La Roug • Lloyd La Roug • Toiva Linamaki • Walter O. Linamaki • Kenneth Le Febvre • Norvan Le Febvre • William Le Febvre • Afred Lundquist • Francis Lundquist • Gordon Long • Homer Lyons • John Lyons • Burton F. Masse • Bruce Masse • Donald P. Masse • Fred Masse • James Masse • Robert F. Masse • Russell Masse • Yalmor M. Malmberg • Bruce R. Mulligan • James D. Mulligan • Richard B. Mulligan • Richard F.

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Mulligan • Russell Mulligan • Forrest Martin • Lloyd W. Martin • Russell Martin • Samuel Martin • Emil Mattson • John W Mattson • Paavo Mattson • Vernon Mattson

Earl Moressy • John Mixon • Vino Mixon • Walter I. Mixon • Harold Meldrum • Hugo Maki • John Maki • Donald Mc Donald • Lyle A. Mc Donald • Claude Mc Lean • Alfred Niemi • Arvo Niemi • Axel Niemi • Vernon Niemi • Floyd Nettleton • George Nettleton • Charles Newberg • John G. Newberg • Ruth V. Newberg • Vernon L. Newberg • Thomas Nyman • Parke Ogden • Vernon Olli • Irving Olli • Vilho Olli • Herman Ottenhoff • Dr. Forrest Ostrander • Francis G. Peterson • Iva Peterson • John A. Peterson • Lawrence E. Peterson • William Peterson • Earl Pell • George Pegg

Robert P. Pugh • Stanley Pugh • Willis R. Pugh • Charles M Probst • Lawrence Phoenix • Carl Pierson • Felix Pearson • Theodore Roberts • William H. Roberts • Nicholas Sebastian • John Strom • Carl D. Savage • Howard Sigan • Rosalie D. Senecal • Theodore Senecal • Erna Soldenski • Edward Soldenski • Grace Soldenski • John Soldenski • Norman Soldenski • Theodore Soldenski • Walter Soldenski • Lawrence Tellier • Max Tester • B. J. Trudell • James Thorington, Sr. • Thomas Thorington • William Thorington • William Thomas • Anthony J. Tornovish • Frank Tomkiel • Blake Towe • James H. Thompson • William E. Vaudrieul • Emil J. Wicklund • Roy E. Wicklund • Walter G. Wicklund • Evelyn L. Williamson • John W. Williamson • Virginia Williamson • William

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Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 3, 2024

2. In Honor of Our Country’s Defenders Tablet

Williamson Jr. • Herman Wood • John Wood • Richard D. Wood • Thomas Webb • Oiva Ylimali — Cline P. Carpenter • Louis Des Jardine • Donald Nettleton • John W. Doyle • Augustus C. Troden • Hugh J. Troden

They Also Served — William Bailey • Neal Beaver • Maxine Bennett • Normajean Bennett • Joseph Bezotte • Stacey Bugg • Bancroft W. Bufe • Otto Bufe IV • Otto M. Bufe • Winfield Bufe • Bruce Erickson • Arthur Gage • Kristine Hartman • Larry J. Hartman • Sherry Hartman • Sidney Hermanson • Joshua Hicks • Wallace Hill • Vernon Kirkens • Ronald R. Baynton • Bernard F. Corey • Keith L. Nyman • Alexander Kropp, Jr. • Leonard A. Baynton • Steven Block • Richard E. Miller

Bruce Hooyman • James Hooyman • Richard Johnson • Jason Kinlaw • Jeffrey Kinlaw • Michale Kinlaw • Michael Laeder • Susan Mustatia • Craig Purple • Michelle Seibert • Sean Seibert • Jason Spurlock • Matthew Tester • Jack Tuomikoski • Ann Venturato • Renae Venturato • Andrew Wilson

Vietnam Conflict, 1961–1775 — Abrahamson, Paul • Abrahamson, Roger • Bailey, Louis • Barney, Gary • Barney, Mark, Jr. • Barney, Mark, Sr. • Baynton, Robert • Block, Steven • Capagrossa, Enrico J. • Carter, Brian • Corey, Bernard • Gage, Wesley • Gauthier, Charles • Gauthier, William • Hartman, John • Hartman, Larry • Hebert Alan • Johnson, Denis • Johnson, James • Ketola, Charles W. • Lacombe, Albert • Lacombe, Ralph • Massey, Edward C. • Massey, Ronald J.

McLeod, Bruce Leland • McLeod, Leonard • Mead,

They Also Served tablet image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 3, 2024

3. They Also Served tablet

Philip T. • Mixon, William • Moore, Jerry • Mulligan, Michael • Mulligan, Patrick, R. • Niemi, Vernon • Nyman, John • Ottenhoff, William • Nyman, Theodore • Purple, Cecil • Roberts, John • Senecal, Charles • Senecal, Edwin • Senecal, John • Senecal, Paul • Smith, Leon A. • Soldenski, Robert • Venturato, Gary • Venturato, John • Wallace, William Jason • Wood, Patrick • Bennett, Paul Edward

Erected 1956 by Burt Township. “In Honor of our Country’s Defenders” Sponsored by V.F.W. “They Also Served” dedicated in 2003. “Vietnam Conflict” presented by Grand Marais Women’s Club in 1982.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 46° 40.254′ N, 85° 59.008′ W. Memorial is in Grand Marais, Michigan, in Alger County. It is in Burt Township. It is at the intersection of Randolph Street and Crawford Street and Grand Marais Avenue (County Route H-58) on Randolph Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 14246 Crawford Street, Grand Marais MI 49839, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

and on Lake Superior’s South Shore Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Great North Woods,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds

Vietnam Conflict tablet image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 3, 2024

4. Vietnam Conflict tablet

itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 7 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Grand Marais (a few steps from this marker); Bay Shore Park Anchor (within shouting distance of this marker); Grand Marais Greenspace (within shouting distance of this marker); Pickle Barrel House / The Teenie Weenies (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Tools of the Trade (approx. 6.2 miles away); Cabin in the Clearing (approx. 6.2 miles away); Final Solution for a Long and Difficult Issue (approx. 8.7 miles away).

Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 26, 2024, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 627 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 26, 2024, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.