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St. Joseph Cemetery Veterans Memorial

 
 
St. Joseph Cemetery Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
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1. St. Joseph Cemetery Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription.
This memorial is dedicated to all of our area veterans who so bravely gave of themselves to defend the freedoms which all of us today continue to enjoy.

"Lest We Forget"

Donated in the loving and enduring memory of John and Esther (Ewalt) Lesnar by their children and grandchildren
 
Erected by the children and grandchildren of John and Esther (Ewalt) Lesnar.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 45° 27.904′ N, 97° 23.081′ W. Memorial is in Grenville, South Dakota, in Day County. It can be reached from the intersection of Saint Joseph Street and Krasinski Avenue. Located in St. Joseph Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 22 St Joseph St, Grenville SD 57239, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in East River. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, and on the Northern 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 Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A Room with a View (approx. 3.8 miles away); Saving Men and Beasts (approx. 3.8 miles away); Potholes and Prairie (approx. 3.8 miles away); Waubay National Wildlife Refuge (approx. 4 miles away); Changes on the Land (approx. 4.1 miles away); Waubay Wetland Management District
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(approx. 4.4 miles away); a different marker also named Waubay National Wildlife Refuge (approx. 4.4 miles away); Chief Bluedog (approx. 5½ miles away).
 
St. Joseph Cemetery Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
October 6, 2024
2. St. Joseph Cemetery Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial Gravestone image. Click for full size.
October 6, 2024
3. Veterans Memorial Gravestone
In memory of our dead soldiers of St. Joseph Congregation, Grenville So. Dak.
Martin Pionk · Joseph Henning · Mike Tonkel · Peter Kurkowski · Joseph Rebelski
R.I.P. — 1918
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 21, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 21, 2024. This page has been viewed 212 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on October 21, 2024.
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