Shieldsville in Rice County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Shieldsville Veterans Memorial
In Memory of All American Veterans
Photographed by McGhiever, October 3, 2025
1. Shieldsville Veterans Memorial center plaque
This memorial honors all American veterans who, although separated by generations, shared a common, undeniable goalto valiantly protect our country's freedoms.
The memories of these American veterans will continue to live on whenever and wherever democracy exists.
The American veteranforever a symbol of heroism, sacrifice, loyalty and freedom.
A nation that honors its veterans is a nation dedicated to the preservation of a freedom won by the sacrifice of life itself. These emblems are appropriately dedicated to the valiant dead of the Armed Forces who ventured far, fought bravely, and gave their lives to preserve freedom and liberty in our land. Together they lie here in mute testimony to the manner in which they lived, worked and fought to achieve the victories in order that American may live.
Erected 2007.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 44° 22.164′ N, 93° 24.505′ W. Memorial is in Shieldsville, Minnesota, in Rice County. It is at the intersection of Mazaska Lake Trail and Shieldsville Boulevard (Minnesota Route
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Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Minnesota. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Ruperts Land, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Louisiana Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: General James Shields (here, next to this marker); Historic Dodd Road 1853 (approx. 0.6 miles away); Nicolaus Gustafson (approx. 5 miles away); Christdala Swedish Lutheran Church 1877 (approx. 5 miles away); Millersburg & the Northfield Bank Robbery (approx. 5.7 miles away); A Flour Milling Revolution (approx. 8.1 miles away); Bishop Henry B. Whipple (approx. 8.4 miles away); The Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour (approx. 8½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all
Photographed by McGhiever, October 3, 2025
2. Shieldsville Veterans Memorial north plaque
Photographed by McGhiever, October 3, 2025
3. Shieldsville Veterans Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on October 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 22, 2025, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota. This page has been viewed 63 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 22, 2025, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
