Events

Veterans Memorial Park will be dedicating new Legacy Stones on October 11th, 2025 at 2pm. The public is welcome to help us dedicate these for our veterans. Legacy Stone orders were closed for dedication at this ceremony on August 18th, but orders can still be placed until mid-April 2027 for dedication at our June 2027

Veterans Memorial Park will be dedicating new Legacy Stones on June 8th, 2025 at 2pm. At this dedication ceremony, we will also be dedicating the new POW/MIA City Designation campus sign from the Jefferson Barracks POW/MIA Museum in St. Louis, MO, in honor of the city of Dixon being designated an official POW/MIA city. The

The Forbidden Dragons Motorcycle Club out of the Quad Cities will be visiting the Veterans Memorial Park on their Ride 4 The Vets on Saturday, September 24th, 2022 around 1pm. They will be hosting a 50/50 drawing and have graciously offered to donate proceeds from the event to the park. Stop by to meet the

On July 9th, 2022, the American Legion Riders featured the Veterans Memorial Park as part of their Legacy Run, an annual bike ride raising money for veterans. Over three dozen riders met at the park to honor our veterans, and after an hour of touring our artifacts and monuments and meeting our commissioners, were escorted