Cokato in Wright County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 7, 2023

1. Veterans Memorial (front panel)

Inscription.
Dedicated to all who served their country in various ways. Especially to those who made the supreme sacrifice for our freedom.

Dedicated this 29th day of May 2000.

Lawrence Rundquist • Walter Mattson • Emil Olson • Rueben North • William Tormanen • Stanley Mallack • Donald Nelson • Lawrence Peterson • Rudolph Olson • Edward Chatlien • Francis Tuttle • Eugene Anderson • Walfred Sako • William Donahue • Roy Dahl • Arnold Rost • Fritz Nyquist • Gordon Redmond • Richard Carlson • Theodore Dahlgren • Robert Sterling • Kenneth M. Johnson • Carrol Kallberg • Lawrence Hendrickson • John Schumann • Darrel Helmke • Julian Berg •
Thomas R. Tormanen

Erected 2000.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Patriots & Patriotism.

Location. 45° 4.504′ N, 94° 11.424′ W. Memorial is in Cokato, Minnesota, in Wright County. It is at the intersection of Broadway Avenue South (County Road 3) and 4th Street Southwest, on the left when traveling

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north on Broadway Avenue South. The memorial is at the northeast corner of Peterson Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 655 Broadway Avenue South, Cokato MN 55321, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

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,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mill Stones (within shouting distance of this marker); This Tree Dedicated to the Future Generations of Americans (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Unity Park (about 500 feet away); The Dustin Massacre (approx. 4.3 miles away); Wright County Centennial Elm Tree (approx. 5½ miles away); Dassel Area Veterans Memorial (approx. 5.6 miles away); West End Elevator (approx. 5.9 miles

Veterans Memorial (<i>top</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 7, 2023

2. Veterans Memorial (top)

away); Howard Lake City Hall (approx. 5.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cokato.

Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 7, 2023

3. Veterans Memorial

The memorial looks like an open book sitting upon an altar.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 7, 2023

4. Veterans Memorial

Looking northeast through the northeast corner of Peterson Park. The 4th Street Southwest (left) and Broadway Avenue South (right) intersection is in the background.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 30, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 27, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 6 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 29, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.