Veterans Memorial North Dakota

A monument has been erected near the Archeology & Historic Preservation to commemorate all veterans killed since the founding of the State of North Dakota.
The monument consists of a globe on a column and around it 55 plaques with names.

The text on panel 1 reads:

NORTH
DAKOTA
VETERANS
MEMORIAL

IN THIS YEAR OF NORTH DAKOTA’S CENTENNIAL, THIS
MONUMENT IS DEDICATED TO ALL NORTH DAKOTANS
WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES SINCE STATEHOOD.
THE NAMES OF THE MEN AND WOMEN LISTED ON THIS
MEMORIAL GAVE THEIR LIVES IN WARTIME SERVICE FOR
THEIR COUNTRY.

THE MEMORIAL
SHELTERED BY A DOME AND COVERED BY A CUBE,
SYMBOLS OF PURITY AND STABILITY. THE
SUPPORTING COLUMNS SYMBOLICALLY DEFINE THE
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE MEMORIAL,WHILE LINKING
IT TO THE WOODED LAND IN ALL DIRECTIONS. ON THE
ELEVENTH HOUR OF THE ELEVENTH DAY OF THE
OF THE ELEVENTH MONTH THE SUN WILL SHINE ON THE BRONZE
GLOBE TO HONOR VETERANS DAY.

MAY THEY REST,
WHEREVER THEY LIE,
IN SERENE GLORY.

on panel 2 are stated:
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR 1898-99
8 names
MEXICAN BORDER 1916-17
1 name

on panels 3 to 18
WORLD WAR I (1917-1918)
hundreds of names

on panels 19 to 46
WORLD WAR II (1940-1946)
hundreds of names

on panels 47 to 50
THE KOREAN WAR (1950-1953)
more than 300 names

on panels 51 to 54
VIETNAM WAR (1964-1975)
400 names

on panel 55
VIETNAM WAR (1964-1975)
43 names
PERSIAN GULF WAR (1990-1991)
1 name
GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM 2001-
21 names

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Source

• Text: Dick de Bruijne
• Photos: Dick de Bruijne (Streetview) (1, 2), Bill Pfingsten (3, 4, 5)