We are having a second Mega Sale on August 15th, 16th and 17th during Railroad Days at the former Longbella’s building. We are accepting donations. Please schedule a time to drop them off by calling 218-820-1919. Thank you many times over for your support of our beautiful park !
As part of our efforts to integrate our Railroad bell into a tower we have engaged a company in Missouri to install an electronic ringer system in the bell housing so that we can have options for memorial ringing of the bell. We applied for and were awarded a $5000 grant from our friends at Sourcewell which will cover the cost of the electronic ringer. The Staples Veterans Park board members thank you for your support of our efforts.
Our Bell Tower has been installed by Jeff Kreitz and team as of 5/24/24
Our granite podium has been installed by Northland as of 6/30/23
Engraved !! The granite walls have been engraved as of 6/17/2022.
Staples All Veterans Park board members have approved two major projects. We are working with our local partners to begin building a new POW/MIA memorial along the North side of the park and we will be pouring the foundation for the WWII memorial on the SouthWest end of the park. The WWII memorial wall has concrete poured and we will be setting up some temporary plywood displays for showing what images we would like on the granite that will ultimately be added with the names of all local WWII veterans. We will also be working on the POW/MIA memorial next. Funding for these activities is coming from grants from Sourcewell and individual donations. If you would like to donate money to help us complete these memorials please visit our donations tab shown at the top of this page. All donations are tax deductible. And please click on the “photo gallery” tab to see the construction activities. The board wishes to thank Paul Drake tree service for moving the trees, Phil Bjerga construction and Ben Busker construction for the digging work and concrete footings for the WWII memorial.
We are moving closer to our fundraising goal for the granite. We still need your help to complete the WW2 Wall of Honor. We ask that you consider donating to the memorial via our online donations page or contact one of our board members.