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MONUMENTS & Memorials
There are wonderful monuments and a welcome resting place for migratory
memorials near the capitol like the waterfowl. Nearby memorials also honor
Fighting Stallions Memorial, honoring the state’s fallen firefighters and law
eight South Dakotans, including Governor enforcement officers.
George Mickelson, who died in a plane
crash in 1993. The state’s World War II > South Dakota National
Memorial is set on a peninsula built into Guard Museum
Capitol Lake and consists of six bronzed
figures representing the military branches Established in 1862 as a frontier militia,
in which South Dakotans served. Facing the South Dakota National Guard is
the WWII Monument is the Korean War tightly woven into the state’s history.
Memorial, a wall bearing the names The South Dakota National Guard Museum
of the state’s fallen heroes. The Flaming in Pierre is the state’s repository for relics,
Fountain Memorial features a flowing memorabilia and historical documents
artesian well and provides a centerpiece relating to the guard’s activities from the
for the war memorials. This warm-water late 1800s through recent peacekeeping
fountain flows into Capitol Lake, keeping missions. Open 9 am to 4 pm, Monday
the water open year-round and providing through Friday, call 605.773.2475 for
more information.
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