Dixon Veterans Memorial Park

Dixon Veterans Memorial Park Veterans Memorial with large artifacts Located along Illinois Route 2 on the west edge of Dixon. Flags and more flags.

Contains walkways with granite pavers with veterans' named engraved, a quiet area, a Field Cross memorial with Purple Heart and Gold Star Mothers plaques. A Cobra, a 155mm howitzer, a LST anchor, 16 inch battleship shells, an M60A3 tank, a F105 Thunderchief fighter-bomber, an M38 ambulance and a deuce and a half. We also have a small building with artifacts, open 12-4pm Saturdays and Sundays April

through September, and are in the process of opening a larger museum building adjacent to the park to display our many stored veteran artifacts.

11/11/2025

The Veterans Day service today will be at Veterans Memorial Park at 11am. Both Dixon VFW Post 540 and American Legion Post 12 will be hosting luncheons following, and the VFW will be dedicating their new flagpole to former Commander Jim Utley at 11:45am.

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11/08/2025

We'll be holding a turkey shoot at Dixon VFW Post 540 on November 9th from 9am-1pm, and Veterans Helping Veterans will have a pancake and French toast breakfast from 7am-11am. We'll have a raffle, 50/50, silent auction, and prize wheel going on as well.

11/08/2025

In 2025, the city of Dixon earned designations as a POW/MIA and Purple Heart city based on its efforts to actively honor United States service members.

We have a silent auction going on until the end of our turkey shoot on Sunday (November 9th), with some excellent basket...
11/06/2025

We have a silent auction going on until the end of our turkey shoot on Sunday (November 9th), with some excellent baskets with all sorts of service-related goodies as well as a Veterans Memorial Park basket. Feel free to bid on these at the Dixon VFW Post 540 whenever the V is open until around noon on Sunday!

Come join us for lunch and help raise money to send more local Veterans on the Honor Flight!
07/05/2025

Come join us for lunch and help raise money to send more local Veterans on the Honor Flight!

06/25/2025
Happy Birthday Army!!!
06/14/2025

Happy Birthday Army!!!

Our next Legacy Stone dedication ceremony will be Sunday, June 8th, at 2pm at the Veterans Memorial Park. The deadline f...
03/29/2025

Our next Legacy Stone dedication ceremony will be Sunday, June 8th, at 2pm at the Veterans Memorial Park. The deadline for ordering Legacy Stones for that dedication ceremony has been extended to April 10th (but the sooner the better!). Please contact the park as soon as possible if you or someone you know is interested, and see our website for more details!

Legacy Stones The Veterans Memorial Park proudly features Legacy Stones honoring supporters of the park and the service of veterans, lining our walkways with their names and dates of service or any messages of support for our mission and the mission of our service members. Each stone is made of a 12...

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668 Veterans Pkwy
Dixon, IL
61021

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+18152881911

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