Fox Ridge in Middleton in Dane County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Joyce Kilmer

Photographed by Thomas Slattery

1. Joyce Kilmer Marker

Inscription.

This tree planted in memory of Joyce Kilmer
1887-1918

Erected by Wisconsin DAV (Disabled American Veterans).

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

Location. 43° 5.298′ N, 89° 31.354′ W. Memorial is in Middleton, Wisconsin, in Dane County. It is in Fox Ridge. It can be reached from John Q Hammons Drive. The marker is on the lawn that is between the Marriott Parking lot and the front entrance. There was a tree there at one time but no longer. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1313 John Q Hammons Dr, Middleton WI 53562, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Wisconsin and in Greater Madison.

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 the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured

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as the crow flies: The Lemcke Farm House (approx. one mile away); The Big Church on the Hillside (approx. 1.2 miles away); The Second Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House (approx. 1.2 miles away); Early Social Whirl (approx. 1½ miles away); The Stamm House (approx. 1.8 miles away); Middleton's Beginning (approx. 1.9 miles away); Thorstrand (approx. 2.1 miles away); Hocheera (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Middleton.

Regarding Joyce Kilmer. Kilmer is the author of the poem Trees. He has at least two ties to Wisconsin. First, Mr. Kilmer supposedly wrote his poem below a certain tree while at Rutgers University. A portion of that tree was taken to Wisconsin and today the University of Wisconsin has honored those whose work preserve trees with the Joyce Kilmer Award. In addition, "weeks before his deployment to Europe in WWI, he delivered the Campion College commencement address in Prairie du Chien, promising to return to Wisconsin as a full-time resident. It was a promise he could not keep. He died in combat and was buried in France." (copied from a University of Wisconsin site). How or why a plaque

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honoring him was inserted on a Marriott lawn is not clear.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 30, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 10, 2026, by Thomas Slattery of Washington, District Of Columbia. This page has been viewed 6 times since then. Photo 1. submitted on July 10, 2026, by Thomas Slattery of Washington, District Of Columbia. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.

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