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Monuments and Memorials
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The
beautifully landscaped 115-acre grounds
of the South Dakota Capitol include the
five-acre Capitol Lake and several
monuments and memorials situated nearby.
The Capitol grounds are open year-round;
brochures for a self-guided tour are
available at the tour office, located
just inside the north entrance to the
Capitol building. (605) 773-3765. |
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The Fighting
Stallions Memorial honors eight South
Dakotans, including Governor George Mickelson,
who died in a plane crash in 1993. The state’s
World War II Memorial, set on a peninsula
built into Capitol Lake, consists of six bronze
figures representing the military branches in
which South Dakotans served.
Facing the WWII monument is the Korean War
memorial, with a wall bearing the names of
the state’s fallen heroes and a life-size,
historically accurate statue of a soldier. A
similar
Vietnam War
memorial was dedicated in September 2006.
The Flaming Fountain sits in front of the
statues. Fed by a spring with a high natural gas
content, the flame burns continuously as the
water flows into Capitol Lake.
Nearby memorials
honor the state’s fallen firefighters and law
enforcement officers.
For an online tour of the South Dakota State
Capitol and grounds, visit
www.state.sd.us/state/capitol/capitol/tour.
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