Springfield Veterans Memorial 3.57

The Springfield Veterans Memorial is located at Terrace Park at the south end of Walnut Street. It features a tapered 20' spire with a stainless steel LED light at the top and a broken/zig-zag wall attached to the spire. At its base the spire is 30" X 30". The top of the spire is 12" X 12". The wall sections are 4" wide with the section that connects to the spire at a height of 10'. The wall sections will taper down to 5' high. The spire contains emblems of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine, and Army & Air National Guard.The memorial include three flag poles. The tallest pole, which was donated by Mike Durfee State Prison, is 40' tall and was from the front of the old 153rd D Company, South Dakota Army National Guard Armory. The other two flag poles are shorter than the main pole. The USA flag is on the tallest pole and the South Dakota and POW/MIA flags are on the other two poles. The cannon at Terrace Park is part of the Memorial.