Veteran's Memorial Park

Veterans Memorial Parkway
PO BOX 591
Dixon, Illinois 61021

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     105mm HOWITZER
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     F-105 THUNDER CHIEF
     DEUCE AND AMBULANCE (tba)
     PARK SIGN AND FIELD CROSS
     ARMED FORCES MONUMENT
     WINTER AT THE PARK
     NIGHTTIME AT THE PARK
     LOCAL NEWSPAPER COVERAGE

Witticisms of Reagan
Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose."

- Ronald Reagan,
Native Son & Veteran

 
To Create....

A place devoted to ALL who have dedicated their lives to the preservation of the Freedoms of this great Country…

A place that, through the honorable display of authentic artifacts, will serve as a podium from which the appreciation for ALL those who have served this great Country will be spoken…

A place to prompt future generations to contemplate the sacrifices and costs of obtaining and maintaining the Freedoms of this great Country.

 

Local newspaper articles

Memorial articles and clippings
(with known dates)

Park Board Hears Requests
11/14/01
Mayor asks IDOT to sell land for park
01/04/02
September 11th Service
9/11/2002
Veterans Day Fundraiser
10/31/2002
Elk's Club Donation Part 1
11/13/2002
Elk's Club Donation Part 2
11/13/2002
Elk's Club Donation Part 3
11/13/2002
Donation from Commander Al Wikoff
8/23/03
City Receives Title to Veteran Park Land
9/3/2003
Unveiling of Legacy Stones Postponed
8/21/2004
First group of legacy stones unveiled in park
Part 1
8/23/04
First group of legacy stones unveiled in park
Part 2
8/23/04
Stones Recall Fallen Heroes
Part 1
07/11/05
Stones Recall Fallen Heroes
Part 2
07/11/05
Stones Recall Fallen Heroes
Part 3
07/11/05
Stones Recall Fallen Heroes
Part 4
07/11/05
Cobra Added to Dixon Veteran's Park
9/4/05
Remembering the Past
Part 1
9/5/05
Remembering the Past
Part 2
9/5/05
Vietnam Survivor
Part 1
9/6/05
Vietnam Survivor
Part 2
9/6/05
Memorial Continues to Expand
Part 1
04/24/06
Memorial Continues to Expand
Part 2
04/24/06
Park Organizers Thankful for Tank
Part 1
05/07/06
Park Organizers Thankful for Tank
Part 2
05/07/06

Memorial articles and clippings
(with unknown dates)

Brown Shingle Hosts Concert
Date Unknown
City, IDOT working together on veterans memorial
Date Unknown
Knights of Columbus
Date Unknown
Dixon High School
Date Unknown
Disabled American Veterans
Date Unknown
Dixon Area Detachment of the Marine Corps
Date Unknown
Dixon High School
Date Unknown
Land Donated
Date Unknown
Rock River Valley Barbershop Chorus Fundraiser
Date Unknown
Memorial Parks will Honor Veterans
Date Unknown