Veterans Memorial, Ft. Laramie Wyoming

This town park in the small Wyoming town of Ft. Laramie (just outside of the Ft. Laramie National Historic Site) serves as an all wars memorial for residents from the area.

The memorial includes the names of all of the people from Ft. Laramie who have served in the military, as well as those who are residents of the small town.

This bell is the bell from the old schoolhouse in Ft. Laramie, and was placed here as a memorial to it.

The memorial includes a World War Two era 81mm mortar.

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