Springfield in Brown County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Veterans Memorial
Photographed by K. Linzmeier, July 30, 2013
1. Veterans Memorial
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 44° 14.324′ N, 94° 58.502′ W. Memorial is in Springfield, Minnesota, in Brown County. It is on East Central Street west of Cass Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Memorial is at Martha Anderson Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Springfield MN 56087, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Southwest Minnesota and specifically in the Minnesota River Valley. 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 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Springfield, Minnesota (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Jonathan Brown and the Shetek Trail (approx. 2½ miles away); Fredsminde Lutheran Church (approx. 6½ miles away); Dannebod (approx. 6½ miles away); Cobden (approx. 7 miles away); The Attack on the Brown Family (approx. 7.6 miles away); Sanborn, Minnesota Veterans Memorial (approx. 7.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Springfield.
Also see . . . Lieut Alan Arthur Kettner. Find A Grave memorial. (Submitted on August 29, 2013.)
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Photographed by K. Linzmeier, July 30, 2013
2. Veterans Memorial
Photographed by K. Linzmeier, July 30, 2013
3. Veterans Memorial
1843 1910
Photographed by K. Linzmeier, July 30, 2013
4. Veterans Memorial
Photographed by K. Linzmeier, July 30, 2013
5. Lt. Alan Arthur Kettner Memorial
Donated by the United States Naval Academy Class of 1967 to Mrs. Edna Kettner and the city of Springfield, Minn. in memory of Classmate, Lt. Alan Arthur Kettner U.S.M.C. Killed in Action in the Republic of Vietnam on April 13, 1968. United States Marine Corps emblem
Photographed by K. Linzmeier, July 30, 2013
6. Nearby Time Capsule
Springfield Centennial Time Capsule to be opened A. D. 2081 A gift to the community from Farmers & Merchants Bank June 28, 1981
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 29, 2013, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 864 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 29, 2013, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.
