Tracy in Lyon County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Tracy Veterans Memorial

September 22, 2024

1. Tracy Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription.
This memorial is dedicated to those men & women veterans who served our country in times of peace & war and especially to those who gave their lives.

Erected 2000 by the Tracy American Legion Earle Ray Post 173 and the Tracy American Legion Auxiliary.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 44° 14.289′ N, 95° 38.125′ W. Memorial is in Tracy, Minnesota, in Lyon County. It is on U.S. 14 west of 330th Avenue (County Road 73), on the right when traveling east. Located at the Wheels Across the Prairie Museum. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3297 US-14, Tracy MN 56175, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southwest Minnesota. It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

and on the Great 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 territory of the Mississippian Culture.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Tracy Tornado Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); The Tracy Tornado Tree / Tracy Tornado Clock (approx. 0.8 miles away); "On the Banks of Plum Creek" (approx. 8.1 miles away); Walnut Grove Veterans Memorial (approx. 8.2 miles away); Site of the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church (approx. 8.2 miles away); Laura's Dugout Home on the Banks of Plum Creek (approx. 8.6 miles away); Shetek Monument

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(approx. 10 miles away); Tragedy Surrounds Smith Lake on August 20, 1862 (approx. 10.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tracy.

Tracy Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Dan Reynard, June 6, 2020

2. Tracy Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Dan Reynard, June 6, 2020

3. Tracy Veterans Memorial

September 22, 2024

4. Tracy Veterans Memorial

Tracy Veterans Memorial Bench image. Click for full size.

September 22, 2024

5. Tracy Veterans Memorial Bench

"This memorial was made possible by gifts from the Tracy American Legion Earle Ray Post 173 and the Tracy American Legion Auxiliary"

Credits. This page was last revised on December 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 25, 2024. This page has been viewed 167 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on September 25, 2024. 2, 3. submitted on December 18, 2024, by Dan Reynard of Bellevue, Wisconsin. 4, 5. submitted on September 25, 2024.