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Veterans Memorial

 
 
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Photographed by Keith L, September 13, 2010
1. Veterans Memorial Marker
1946 Plaque
(The 1986 plaque is to the right.)
Inscription.
World War I • World War II
This monument erected in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice for their country.
Trapp-Gehrke Post 292 · 1946

In honor of all veterans who came to the aid of their country.
By the Trapp Gehrke American Legion Post No. 292 and Paquette Blackburn Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 7898 · 1986
 
Erected 1946 by Trapp-Gehrke Post 292.
 
Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in this topic list: Military. A significant historical year for this entry is 1946.
 
Location. 45° 53.498′ N, 89° 41.988′ W. Marker is in Woodruff, Wisconsin, in Oneida County. It is on Elm Street (U.S. 51) north of Townline Road (County Road J), on the right when traveling north. Memorial is at Veterans Park in Evergreen Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Woodruff WI 54568, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in Northern Wisconsin. It is also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Great North Woods, 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 7 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Million Penny Parade (approx. Ό mile away); World’s Largest Penny (approx. Ό mile away); Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb (approx. Ό mile away); Snowmobile (approx. 10.4 miles away); Forest Restoration (approx. 11 miles away);
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Government Boarding School Boys Dormitory (approx. 11.2 miles away); First Forest Patrol Flight (approx. 12.2 miles away).
 
Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Keith L, September 13, 2010
2. Veterans Memorial Marker
1986 Plaque
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Keith L, September 13, 2010
3. Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial and Evergreen Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Keith L, September 13, 2010
4. Veterans Memorial and Evergreen Cemetery
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 26, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 22, 2010, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 742 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 22, 2010, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.
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Jun. 27, 2026