Victory Memorial Drive

Victory Memorial Drive is a parkway in the north west corner of the city of Minneapolis.
It is about 4 miles long and ultimately connects to Wirth Parkway and thus to the entire chain of lakes and parkways in the city. Minneapolis is known as the City of Lakes.
So I take Victory Memorial on occasion when I'm out and about and in not such a hurry that I jump on the freeway instead.
It's block wide boulevards are green spaces where dogs and kids get to run and joggers jog and walkers walk along.
The best part of the drive though is the great memorial and I'm always touched as I go by.
Partly by the markers for soldiers along the road, each with a man's name and unit.



The best part is the central monument made of granite.





Set in a semi circle with placques on twin walls



And the handsome granite benches which are about 12' long and 4' wide.





And a fence. Everything made of very highly polished granite accented by unpolished areas.



This monument has been here for 90 years now and the stone work is still perfect and rather voluptuous in some way.
It's a nice place to stop and take a look if you're up this way.
To me it's a monument not only to the good soldiers who "gave their lives in defense of liberty"
but also to a citizenry who respected the sacrifice of those soldiers and gave of themselves to erect a fine monument.

I respect and thank every one remembered there.
Richard in NW SC

I've never seen this, I'll have to drive it some day. Ron Mn

It's a beautiful memorial - very tastefully done.

That's very interesting, you seldom see anything relating to WW1, mostly WW2 stuff. I just can't imagine that was over a hundred years ago, and how terrible it was. Seems as if a lot of people have forgotten a lot about the First World War, it's never had the coverage that World War 2 has had.

Thanks for the great pictures! There are a lot of nice things to see around Minneapolis if a person takes the time, we like to take our bicycles and ride on the great trail system. We will have to try to visit this place.

Thanks for posting the pictures of the memorial. When I see a memorial like this it reminds me we must not ever again let us get into such situations where so many have to die for the country. We must "nip it in the bud" before evil gets such a jump on us. The lesson of such memorials is, like a cancer, the sooner you deal with evil the better.

Wife lived in Minneapolis for a while, but didn't remember seeing the parkway. Pulled it up on Google Earth. Your pics are MUCH better!! Thanks for posting - looks like a nice area, though a few too many people for our tastes. *lol*