To hire a qualified historian to complete an evaluation to determine eligibility for listing in the National Register of Historic Places for the 1878 N. H. Forsyth property in Houston, MN.
Four new and unique views of Fort Snelling from various points in history will be available for students, teachers and the general public to access online. The Minnesota Historical Society has been collaborating with the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities at the University of Virginia to build four computer models that illustrate a dynamic and changing Fort Snelling from 1820 to 1945. The models will be linked to a rich and interrelated set of materials from all parts of the Society's collections, including photographs and manuscripts.
An illustrated, self-guided tour booklet was developed and produced that describes Fort Snelling during the WWII years. The guide contains many photos of historic and current views and the sketch maps are easy to follow to locate the identified sites. Approximately 200 copies were distributed to libraries, cultural institutions, participants in the Upper Post redevelopment process, The Veterans Administration Hospital, services organizations and the MN soldiers Home.
As a requirement for the transfer of certain properties within the Upper Post area of Fort Snelling to the Historic Surplus Property Program, a Program for Preservation and Utilization (PPU) was designed and developed to preserve and enhance the public use and future redevelopment of the Fort Snelling area. The report was created for the project using the National Park Service format. It will serve as a central resource when changes are to be made to the Upper Post.
A survey of 15 historic building interiors of the West District of Fort Snelling to supplement the Historic Context Study of the Light Rail Transit Station Area.
In the fourth year of this project, MNHS staff completed inventory and rehousing of most artifacts excavated from Historic Fort Snelling between 1957 and 1981. The Collections Management System now has 118,500 records for Fort Snelling artifacts. Three hundred items were photographed and are now accessible to the public online. In 2016, an exhibit featuring patent medicine bottles found at Fort Snelling was developed and installed in the Fort Snelling Visitor Center.
To hire qualified professionals to write a structural assessment of the Frederick W. Kiesling House, listed in the National Register of Historic Places
To increase access to arts and cultural heritage programming at the Mahnomen County Fair by creating a performance space for ACH events. Funds would be used for stage construction, lighting and sound.
To enhance the Creative Arts building on the fairgrounds in order to improve the arts experience for fairgoers. The Freeborn County Fair will replace archaic lighting, add glass display cabinets, add a new display area of pre-school art, and provide musical performances.
To provide arts and heritage programming by local artists. Programming will include story-telling, ethnic music, demonstrations of period culture, lathe turning, spoon carving, and spinning.
To restore the Freeman Doud Cabin and Sunnyside School, located on the Beltrami County fairgrounds. During the fair, visitors will be able to able to observe the log cabin restoration and chinking process. Display boards will depict the history of the cabin, show where it was built on Lake Bemidji, and acquaint people with the importance of preserving this history.
Today's request to the MN Humanities Center for Page to Publishinggrows our former Community Editors program from 12 sessions of compressed writing and editing skill building, to a comprehensive 20-session literary arts pathway for BIPOC artists. To launch the program, a call for Teaching Artists will go out in September, with a goal to have five leaders on board by November. At the same time, we will promote the upcoming workshop opportunities to communities via networks of former Community Editors, through libraries in primarily BIPOC communities, and other means.
The Pioneer Mine Site, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, was improved with the repair of the existing furnaces in the Miners Dry and Shaft Houses. The furnaces are tied in with a fire suppression system and a security system. Installation of expanded steel across three doors, application of adhesive and boards around Shaft House base and removal of surrounding brush provides added protection from insect, animal and human invasion. Destruction by nature and vandals has been minimized.
Shamrock Township will erect a 7.5' x9' Veterans Memorial Monument on the Shamrock Township Property. This memorial will include concrete sidewalks, monument footings and slab, flagpole with concrete footings, 2 benches on concrete pads, trees, shrubs, flowers and additional landscaping.
The City of Waconia is partnering with American Legion Post 150 to fully restore the following three monuments in our City Square Park:
- Civil War Soldiers Monument = Dedicated in 1892 to recognize 559 Carver County soldiers who died during the Civil War.
- Civil War Cannon = Manufactured in 1846 and obtained for the village of Waconia in 1897 via the US Government Obsolete Civil War Cannon Program.
- World War I Veterans Monument = Dedicated in 1929 to recognize 122 Carver County Veterans from the World War I conflict.
Since the 1980s, our Veteran's Park has had very limited displays consisting of one short flag pole, one veteran's monument display, and one kneeling solder. Our plan would include:
1. Parking for visitors
2. Increased sidewalk for accessibility
3. A 35ft. flagpole for the American flag and POW flag centrally located
4. Five 25 ft. flagpoles for each branch of service
5. A concrete statue for each branch of service (Army, Navy, Marine Corp, Air Force, Coast Guard), that would represent the Minnesota legacy of service in the Armed Forces.
The memorial project will include two paved walkways that will connect a seating area with the bike trail. The seating area will be a paved circle area with 3 flags at the top of the circle for the United States flag, the state of Minnesota flag, and a POW/MIA flag. The bottom of the circle will have a seating area with two memorial benches that will face the flags. There will also be a planned monument in the center that lists the names of local veterans. The area surrounding the circle/seating area will have new trees/shrubs planted to landscape the space and provide shade for users.
Additional greenspace will be developed to expand the memorial with new curb and gutter. Monuments will be replaced to include the 6th branch (Space Force). New lighted Bollards, Benches, Evergreen and Crabtrees will be planted. Names of veterans will be placed on the monument and added over time. A donor plaque will be included and placed in front of the City Christmas Tree signifying the Martha Anderson Veterans Memorial Park contributions made through community donors.
This solid steel memorial with attached didactic plaques will celebrate Minnesota?s women veterans and their prominence in the military from 1948 to present, representing nearly 75 years of Minnesota women's service to the Nation. The outcome of the work will be an inviting and reflective space where representative female veterans can be honored and recognized by the community. It will be created by collaboration between real Minnesota veterans and our artist community. Artists from both groups will be the driving force of this memorial creation and will be duly recognized.
The existing Memorial Park overlook in Red Wing was replaced in 2021 with a new overlook. This project ($335,000) included a new parking area to the side of a new pedestrian-oriented overlook designed with amphitheater-style seating around a circular observation deck. Connected to that is another smaller circular deck with a 60' high flag pole with the U.S. flag. The finishing touches of this new overlook area is to design and construct a granite base for the flagpole, incorporating the armed service medallions. On top of the granite base will be a sculpture, yet to be designed.
The Kanabec County Veterans Memorial will be a phased plan to begin with a plaza which will include the US Flag and all service branch flags. We are requesting funding for the purchase of custom flag poles. The flags will surround a concrete plaza which will include a granite memorial listing all known Kanabec County veterans who were killed in action (WWII-current). At the granite KIA memorial will be a statue of a solider/person kneeling in honor of those killed. Around the concrete plaza will be installed "Walls of Honor".
We are planning on building a pavilion 20x48 to accommodate the public while viewing the veteran's memorial. It will have restrooms, picnic tables, and a display of Altura's history. Landscaping will include memorial walls, walkways, benches, flowers and trees.
