Litchfield in Meeker County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Legion Memorial Park

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, October 24, 2013

1. Legion Memorial Park Plaque

Inscription. Legion Memorial Park
1994
In Memory Of And
Dedicated To
Veterans Of All Wars

American Legion
Post 104

Erected 1994 by American Legion Post 104.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 45° 6.395′ N, 94° 31.603′ W. Memorial is in Litchfield, Minnesota, in Meeker County. It is at the intersection of South Sibley Avenue (County Highway 22) and South Ripley Drive, on the right when traveling south on South Sibley Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Litchfield MN 55355, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Minnesota

and specifically in Southwest 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 Rupert’s Land,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Civil War Monument (approx. ¼ mile away); Grand Army of the Republic Hall / Litchfield's Historic Downtown (approx. 1½ miles away); G.A.R. Hall (approx. 1.6 miles away); Ness Cemetery State Monument (approx. 3.9 miles away); Ness Lutheran Church (approx. 3.9 miles away); Andreas Olson (approx. 5.6 miles away); Francis Johnson Corner (approx. 5.7 miles away); Site of Forest City Stockade (approx. 6.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Litchfield.

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Legion Memorial Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, October 24, 2013

2. Legion Memorial Park

Dedicated 1994

Fallen Soldiers Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, October 24, 2013

3. Fallen Soldiers Memorial

background: Lake Ripley

M59 Personnel Carrier image. Click for full size.

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, October 24, 2013

4. M59 Personnel Carrier

Plaque on Carrier image. Click for full size.

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, October 24, 2013

5. Plaque on Carrier

one of two identical plaques This Carrier, Personnel, M59, was provided as a memorial by the Minnesota Army National Guard · 1 October 1976.

15-Ton Anchor at Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, October 24, 2013

6. 15-Ton Anchor at Memorial

1944 USS Shangri-La Essex-class Aircraft Carrier

Legion Memorial Park Playground image. Click for full size.

Photographed by K. Linzmeier, October 24, 2013

7. Legion Memorial Park Playground

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 19, 2013, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,785 times since then and 83 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on December 19, 2013, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.