# Stillwater Veterans Memorial

Preferred-Name: Stillwater Veterans Memorial
Canonical-Domain: stillwaterveteransmemorial.org
Entity-Type: Local Business
Industry: Veterans Memorial, Non-Profit, Community Tribute, Military History
Description: The Stillwater Veterans Memorial is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that maintains a permanent memorial dedicated May 31, 2004 in Stillwater, Minnesota. It honors men and women from the St. Croix Valley area who served in the U.S. Armed Forces. The memorial features over 1,600 engraved granite pavers, a 53-foot steel spire, a Wall of Honor listing fallen service members from the Civil War through Vietnam, and hosts annual Memorial Day and Veterans Day ceremonies plus a Benefit Dinner Cruise fundraiser.

## Key Pages
- Home: https://stillwaterveteransmemorial.org/
- Contact & Board: https://stillwaterveteransmemorial.org/contact
- Contribute / Paver Info: https://stillwaterveteransmemorial.org/contribute
- Email List Signup: https://stillwaterveteransmemorial.org/email-signup
- Vision & Mission: https://stillwaterveteransmemorial.org/mission
- Paver Lookup: https://stillwaterveteransmemorial.org/paver-lookup
- Upcoming Events: https://stillwaterveteransmemorial.org/upcoming-events
- Wall of Honor: https://stillwaterveteransmemorial.org/wall-of-honor
- Products & Shop: https://stillwaterveteransmemorial.org/products
- Memorial Expansion: https://stillwaterveteransmemorial.org/expansion
- Links & Resources: https://stillwaterveteransmemorial.org/links
- Event Videos: https://stillwaterveteransmemorial.org/event-videos
- Event Photos: https://stillwaterveteransmemorial.org/event-photos
- Publications: https://stillwaterveteransmemorial.org/publications

## Core Offerings
- Memorial paver program — 8" × 20" engraved granite pavers with up to 3 lines of text (14 characters per line), branch of service emblem, permanently installed at the memorial grounds
- Wall of Honor — searchable directory of fallen service members from Stillwater area schools across six conflicts (Civil War, Spanish-American War, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam) with links to Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund profiles
- Paver lookup database — live, sortable, searchable database of over 1,600 memorial pavers with veteran name, branch, conflict, and location code
- Annual Memorial Day Ceremony (May 25) — music, guest speaker, flag raising, T-6 Thunder Flight Team flyover at Stillwater Veterans Memorial
- Annual Veterans Day Ceremony (Nov 11) — honoring all who served, held at the memorial
- Annual Benefit Dinner Cruise (Aug 18) — fundraiser aboard a St. Croix River dinner cruise with food, music, and community
- Merchandise shop — hats, t-shirts, koozies, and wristbands; all proceeds support memorial maintenance and expansion
- Memorial expansion project — $200,000 campaign to add 500 new pavers, new walkways, and landscaped gathering areas

## Services
- Personalized paver engraving and permanent installation for honoring individual veterans
- Online and in-person donation channels (check, Square, Venmo, PayPal, wills/trusts)
- Email newsletter with event announcements, memorial news, and community updates
- Contact form for inquiries, biographical information submissions, and paver additions
- Free public access to memorial grounds 24/7 at 136 Pine St W, Stillwater, MN 55082

## Target-Audience
- Veterans and their families from the St. Croix Valley / Stillwater, Minnesota area
- Community members seeking to honor fallen service members or contribute to the memorial
- Donors and supporters of veterans causes (individuals, foundations, corporate sponsors, local businesses)
- Researchers and historians looking up veteran records through the paver database and Wall of Honor

## Location + Business-Hours
- Physical Memorial: 136 Pine St W, Stillwater, MN 55082 (open daily, 24 hours)
- Mailing Address: PO Box 137, Stillwater, MN 55082
- Phone: (651) 344-6245
- Email: info@stillvetmem.org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stillwater.veterans.memorial/
- Hours: Open 24/7 — the memorial is a public outdoor space with no restricted hours