This is the Veterans' Memorial outside of the Historical Museum in Thermopolis Wyoming. The memorial features a M2 105mm howitzer.
Showing posts with label All U.S. Wars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label All U.S. Wars. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Veterans' Memorial, Wright Wyoming
All wars memorial in Wright, Wyoming, at the town's park just off the highway.
The bricks feature the names of servicemen from Wright who lost their lives in the service.
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
State of Wyoming, Veterans Memorial Park, Cody Wyoming
This is the State of Wyoming's Veterans Memorial Park in Cody, Wyoming. It memorializes all of those lost in war from Wyoming, from World War One on. Each war from World War one on, has its own section.
It's a really nice memorial park, so perhaps a person shouldn't offer criticism, but it's odd that the Spanish American War is omitted. Wyoming did loose men during the Spanish American War, and likely did during the Philippine Insurrection as well. A person might arguably also include the Indian Wars, although there were never any units raised in any fashion during the Indian Wars which participated in them, which is not surprising given the small population in the state at the time. So the omission of the Indian Wars is not surprising.
It's a really nice memorial park, so perhaps a person shouldn't offer criticism, but it's odd that the Spanish American War is omitted. Wyoming did loose men during the Spanish American War, and likely did during the Philippine Insurrection as well. A person might arguably also include the Indian Wars, although there were never any units raised in any fashion during the Indian Wars which participated in them, which is not surprising given the small population in the state at the time. So the omission of the Indian Wars is not surprising.
World War One
World War Two.
The World War Two section of the park.
Korean War
Sunday, July 5, 2015
Veterans Memorial Park, Rock Springs Wyoming
This is a M60 tank in Rock Springs' Veterans Memorial Park.
There's more to the park than this tank, but unfortunately I did not have the time to stop and really view things. Hence the side of the road photograph. It is sort of peculiar, I'll note, to see this correctly painted green tank sitting in such a deserty setting. M60s were used in the Middle East by Israel, and the sand paint scheme used by the IDF would almost look more appropriate here, even though it would of course not be appropriate for the M60 which, as far as I know, was never painted in a sand paint scheme.
I was back in this area the other day, so I updated the photos of this memorial, although I framed one of the photos very poorly. This park, while an all wars memorial park, is focused on the Persian Gulf War, which I had not previously noted.
I was back in this area the other day, so I updated the photos of this memorial, although I framed one of the photos very poorly. This park, while an all wars memorial park, is focused on the Persian Gulf War, which I had not previously noted.
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