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THE LAND — NOVEMBER 12/NOVEMBER 19, 2021
Museum visits reminded us of veterans’ sacrifices It was a sunny day in the museum was, I was August. The type of day thankful for the strategicalwhen all of life is bright ly placed signs to guide me and carefree when we took directly to our destination. this morning trip. Even our It is located in a building hearts were echoing the which once served as the songs the birds were singcounty jail and sheriff’s resing in praise to glorify their idence. In 2006 they moved Creator. out. FROM MY We drove past fields of The museum itself is fairFARMHOUSE corn and soybeans — growly young. Its birth can be KITCHEN ing as they ought at that traced directly to “The War” By Renae B. time. Thankfully enough documentary Ken Burns Vander Schaaf rain had come for the crops produced. In his seven-part to look healthy. We even series, Burns focused on saw a few horses and cows soaking up individual citizens in four American the warm sunshine in green pastures. towns during World War II: Waterbury, Since we were in the tri-state region of Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota, there had to be a tractor or two in the fields to bring out that farmer in us. All seemed right and normal. Our destination was the Herreid Military Museum in Luverne, Minn. I had been there before; but this time I was taking a friend, a WWII military veteran himself. He had served as a medic in various hospitals stateside. While I had a general idea of where
Uniforms and other essential items from Rock County’s veterans are on display.
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Displays of local veterans brings home the point that these are our men and women serving to protect freedom.
With many thanks to generous benefactors, Warren Herreid and Jeannine Rivet, the building was renovated to house the Brandenburg Gallery and the Herreid Military Museum. They felt it important to preserve the stories of Rock County’s brave men and women who had served. The movie had served as a springboard for their desire. Photos by Renae B. Vander Schaaf We began our tour The Herreid Military Museum in Luverne, Minn. was made pos- with a general obsersible through the efforts of Warren Herreid, Jeannine Rivet and vance of the displays. It many generous donations. didn’t take long for us to Conn.; Sacramento, Calif.; Mobile, Ala.; realize this was not your general war historical museum. Instead, it took on and Luverne, Minn. a more personal note. The displays According to the Ken Burns website, 21 young men graduated from the Luverne high school in 1939. All but one served in this second world war. It would have been 100 percent participation, but the young man had a heart defect which kept him from entering World War II. During the war years, Rock County’s population was 10,683. From that The World War II display highlights mportant number, 1,065 served in the military. dates we all should remember. Thirty-two young men gave the ultimate sacrifice. featured real people from Rock County. They had actual names with As you can see, Mr. Burns had good reasons for choosing Luverne to repre- parents, brothers and sisters. Some were married with children. They sent mid-America. The people of might even have been an outstanding Luverne responded by continuing the sports athlete or a star farmer. work begun by his documentary. It is evident in this museum. See FARMHOUSE KITCHEN, pg. 5
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