Conor’s 10 Recommended Places to Honor Veterans

November 11, 2019 — Episode 4 - Veterans Day

10. Minnesota Veterans Home (good place to volunteer and help veterans)

9. Fort Snelling Cemetery and Arlington National Cemetery

8. Bunker Hill Battle Memorial (Boston)

o Climbed to the top of obelisk (tower) withmy brothers during a snowstorm.

7. Vietnam, Korea and WWII memorials (Wash. D.C.)

6. Tomb of the Unknown Solider (Wash. D.C.)

o Changing of the Guard

5. Gettysburg

o We walked where the MN 1st Regiment charged during the battle

4. Visiting a relative’s grave

o Like to visit my Grandpas graves - both were vets (Army and Navy)

3. Minnesota Memorials at State Capitol (Vietnam, Korea, WWII, Monument to Living Vets)

2. FDR memorial (Wash D.C.)

o FDR’s statue has him seated in his wheelchair. (A great president with a disability).

1. Victory Memorial Drive (Mpls.) (it’s a really cool drive)

o 568 trees planted to honor Hennepin County residents who died in World War I

o Been there many times. I like the trees with the plaques for the soldiers and nurses who died. I also like the Abraham Lincoln stature.