South Dakota National Guard Museum to Host Korean War Display

PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota National Guard Museum, located at 301 East Dakota in Pierre, will be hosting the Department of Defense 60^th Anniversary Korean War Commemoration exhibit. The exhibit will be on display at the Museum from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Friday, July 26, and from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, July 27.      

Over the past three years, Bob Hill, South Dakota’s Ambassador to the Department of Defense 60^th Anniversary of the Korean War Commemoration Committee, has displayed the exhibit in the communities of Brookings, Mitchell, Pierre, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Sisseton and Watertown. Hill has worked endlessly to locate and recognize South Dakota’s Korean War Veterans.  

In addition to the exhibit, there will also be a wreath laying ceremony at the Korean War Memorial at the Capitol Lake in Pierre on Saturday, July 27, at 11 a.m. Immediately following the ceremony, a lunch will be served at the Post 8 American Legion cabin in Pierre, followed by the presentation of Korean War Commemoration certificates.  

The Department of Defense Anniversary of the Korean War commemoration period began in 2010 and concludes in 2013, coinciding with the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War, (1950-1953).

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For more information, contact: Audry Ricketts at 605-773-8242 or audry.ricketts@state.sd.us (South Dakota Department of the Military)