Pelican war memorial to be moved to Veterans Park $๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿข,๐Ÿข๐Ÿข๐Ÿข ๐—‚๐—‡ ๐—Œ๐—๐–บ๐—๐–พ ๐—€๐—‹๐–บ๐—‡๐—๐—Œ ๐–ฟ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—† ๐—…๐–พ๐—€๐—‚๐—Œ๐—…๐–บ๐—๐—Ž๐—‹๐–พ ๐—๐—ˆ ๐–ฟ๐—Ž๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—‹๐–พ๐—…๐—ˆ๐–ผ๐–บ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡

by Louis Hoglund
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Pelican Rapids VFW Post 5252 representatives met with Minnesota State House Rep. Jeff Backer, who helped secure $3,000 in state funding to relocate the Veterans Memorial from the VFW corner to the Pelican Veterans Memorial Park. They are pictured at the World War II-era cannon, which was also at the VFW memorial location but moved last year to the park. The memorial will be rebuilt at a site near the cannon. From left, Jim Clemenson, Curt Markgraf, Richard Gabe, State House Rep. Jeff Backer, VFW Commander Rudy Butenas, Rod Zentz, Dan Jongeward, and Randy Ebson.


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