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Victory Garden
The Victory Garden, located immediately in front of the stage, not only comprises a myriad of foliage, but also the soil from over 100 battlefields, installations, and American military cemeteries from around the world.
These soils have been lovingly gathered at various times, at various locations and have been transported by various means to arrive at this place. They have joined together with our Colorado soil to provide the nourishment and sustenance for the beautiful plants and flowers that adorn this garden now and into the future. From the soils that saw the horror and ugliness of war have come the beauty and solitude that only a garden can bring. From soils that witnessed mortality now springs life. The poppies, when in bloom, are germinated from original seeds from Flanders Fields, Ypres, Belgium.
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Major John McCrae, May 1915
Soil From Around The World
The Victory Garden is made up of soil from the following countries. For a complete list of locations, see below "Complete Listing"

Soil |
Location |
Significance |
Aisne Marne Cemetery |
France - Belleau |
WW1 |
American Military Cemetery, Flanders |
Belgium - Flanders |
WW1 |
American Military Cemetery |
Luxembourg |
WW2 |
American Cemetery Omaha Beach /Normandy |
France - Normandy |
WW2 |
Anbar Province |
Iraq, OIF |
OIF |
Andorra |
Andorra - Andorra la Vella |
WW1 |
Ankara |
Turkey |
WW1 |
Annapolis |
Maryland |
Naval Academy |
Antietam National Battlefield |
MD, USA - Sharpsburg, |
CW |
Antwerp |
Belgium |
WW2 |
Anzio Beach |
Italy |
WW2 |
Ardennes American Cemetery |
Belgium - Neupré |
WW2 |
Arnhem |
Belgium |
WW2 |
Arromanches |
France |
WW2 |
Argonne Forest |
France |
WW1 |
Arlington National Cemetery |
VA, USA - Arlington |
|
Armistice Train |
France – Glade of Armistice |
WW1 |
Ashau Valley |
Vietnam |
VN |
Auschwitz and Birkenau Concentration Camps / Oświęcim |
Poland |
WW2 |
Bagdad |
Iraq |
OEF |
U.S. Embassy Bangkok |
Thailand - Bangkok |
VN |
Bay Pine Natl Cemetery |
FL, USA – Bay Pines |
Cemetery |
Barksdale AFB |
LA, USA |
Base |
Bastogne |
Belgium |
WW2 |
Battle of Nancy |
France - Nancy |
WW1 |
Bau Mi Thiot |
VN |
VN |
Belleau Wood |
France |
WW1 |
Berle |
Luxembourg |
WW2 |
Berlin Germany |
Germany |
WW2 |
Birmingham |
AL, USA |
CW |
Blanc Mont Ridge |
France |
WW1 |
Brown Parade Field |
AZ, USA - Fort Huachuca |
Base |
Bruce J. Phelps Grave |
Washington DC, USA |
WW2 |
Buckley AFB |
CO, USA - Denver |
|
Bucharest |
Romania |
WW2 |
Bull Run |
VA, USA |
Civil War |
Bunker Hill |
MA, USA - Boston |
Revolutionary War |
Caen |
France |
WW2 |
Camp Casey |
Korea |
KW |
Camp Eagle |
Vietnam |
VN |
Camp Furlong |
NM, USA |
WW1 |
Camp Shaw |
WV, USA |
RW |
Cantiony |
France |
WW2 |
Carentan |
France |
WW2 |
Chateau-Thierry Monument |
France |
WW1 |
China Beach |
Vietnam |
VN |
Chu Lai |
VN |
VN |
Concorde |
MA, USA |
RW |
Corregidor Island |
Philippines |
WW2 |
Cu Chi Tunnels |
Vietnam |
VN |
Custer’s Last Stand |
MT, USA |
Indian Wars |
Da Lat |
Vietnam |
VN |
Dak To |
Vietnam |
VN |
Danang |
Vietnam |
VN |
Dang Ba Thin |
Vietnam |
VN |
Dang Ha |
Vietnam |
VN |
Dat Lat |
Vietnam |
VN |
Davis Mtn AFB |
AZ, USA |
Base |
DMZ |
Korea |
KW |
Dong Ba Thin |
Vietnam |
VN |
Earnest Pyle Grave |
Hawaii - Honolulu |
WW2 |
Edwards AFB |
CA, USA |
Base |
Fallujah |
Iraq |
Gulf War |
F. E. Warren AFB |
WY, USA - Cheyenne |
Base |
Fort Benning |
GA, USA |
Base |
Fort Bragg |
NC, USA |
Base |
Fort Benning |
GA, USA |
Base |
Fort Brown |
NY, USA |
1812 |
Fort Carson |
CO, USA |
Base |
Fort Concho |
TX, USA |
Base |
Fort Drum |
NY, USA |
Base |
Fort Fetterman |
WY, USA |
Indian Wars |
Fort Fisher Battleground |
NC, USA |
CW |
Fort Hood |
TX, USA |
Base |
Fort Irwin |
CA, USA |
Base |
Fort Laramie |
WY, USA |
Indian Wars |
Fort Laurens |
OH, USA |
RW |
Fort Logan Natl Cemetery |
CO, USA |
Cemetery |
Fort Mead |
SD, USA |
Base |
Fort Monroe |
NY, USA |
1812 |
Fort Phil Kearney |
WY, USA |
Indian Wars |
Fort Scott |
NY, USA |
1812 |
Fort Sill |
OK, US - Lawton |
Base |
Fort Stockton |
TX, USA |
Indian Wars |
Fort Sumpter |
SC, USA |
CW |
Fort Yellowstone |
WY, USA |
Indian Wars |
Frankfurt – Germany |
Germany |
WW2 |
General George S. Patton, Jr. Grave |
Luxemburg |
WW2 |
Gettysburg |
PA, USA |
CW |
Chickamauga and Chattanooga Natl Park |
GA, USA |
CW |
Giao Lin |
Vietnam |
VN |
Grave Drop Zone, Market Garden |
Belgium |
WW2 |
Guadalcanal |
South Pacific |
WW2 |
Guam |
Guam |
WW2 |
Guantanamo Bay |
Cuba |
Base |
Gulf of Tonkin |
Vietnam |
VN |
Haditha |
Iraq |
OIF |
Hagåtña |
Guam |
WW2 |
Hai Van Pass |
Vietnam |
VN |
Hanoi |
Vietnam |
VN |
Henri-Chappelle American Military Cemetery |
Belgium |
WW1 |
Hermosillo |
Mexico |
Mex/Amer War |
Hue (pronounced Whey) |
Vietnam |
VN |
Haiphong Harbor |
Vietnam |
VN |
Hanoi |
Vietnam |
VN |
Hickam AFB |
HI, USA |
Base |
Ho Chi Minh City |
Vietnam |
VN |
Ho Chi Minh Trail |
Vietnam |
VN |
Hoa Lo’ Prison / Hanoi Hilton |
Vietnam |
VN |
Inchon |
Korea |
KW |
Insein, Rangoon, Burma |
Burma |
WW2 |
Iwo Jima |
South Pacific |
WW2 |
John Hall Grave |
KY, USA Spring Military Cemetery |
RW |
Juno Beach |
France |
WW2 |
Kabul – Afghanistan |
Afghanistan |
OEF |
Kabul Military Training Center |
Afghanistan |
OEF |
Kwajalein Atoll |
Marshall Islands |
WW2 |
Khe Sanh |
Vietnam |
VN |
Kuwait |
Kuwait |
Gulf War |
Lai Khe Base Camp |
Vietnam |
VN |
La Roche |
Belgium |
WW2 |
Laos |
Laos - Vientiane |
VN |
Lang Vei |
Vietnam |
VN |
Lackland AFB |
TX, USA |
Base |
Lexington |
MA, USA |
RW |
Little Big Horn Memorial |
MT, USA |
Indian Wars |
Loang Tang |
Vietnam |
VN |
Lookout Mountain |
TN, USA |
CW |
Lorraine American Cemetery |
France |
WW1 |
Lou-sur-Loison |
France |
WW1 |
Lui Dang |
Vietnam |
VN |
Luke AFB |
AZ, USA |
Base |
Luxembourg American Military Cemetery |
Luxembourg |
WW2 |
Maginot Line, Alsace |
France - Alsace |
WW2 |
Marble Mountains |
Vietnam |
VN |
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery |
France - Argonne |
WW1 |
Mexico City |
Mexico |
Span/Amer War |
Midway Island |
Midway |
WW2 |
Minute Man Visitor Center |
MA, USA - Lincoln |
RW |
Mogadishu |
Somalia |
Battle of Mogadishu |
Monte Casino |
Italy |
WW2 |
Mosul |
Iraq |
OIF |
Mumsigen, US Aircrew Grave |
Switzerland - Mumsigen |
WW2 |
Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia |
Australia - Sydney |
WW2 |
Naval Base Coronado |
CA, USA - Coronado |
Base |
Nijmegen -Netherlands |
Netherlands |
WW2 |
North Beach, Midway |
Midway Atoll |
WW2 |
North Island Naval Air Station |
CA, USA – San Diego |
Base |
Okinawa – Japan |
Japan |
WW2 |
Old Fort Wood |
NY, USA |
RW |
Omaha Beach |
France |
WW2 |
Quadrangle - Fort Sam Houston |
TX, USA |
Base |
Osan – Korea |
Korea |
KW |
Pearl Harbor |
HI, USA |
WW2 |
Pearls Airport, St. Andrews Parish |
Grenada |
Grenada |
Pegasus Bridge |
France - Benouville |
WW2 |
Peleliu |
Palau |
WW2 |
Pleiku |
VN |
VN |
Picacho Pass |
AZ, USA |
CW |
Point Pleasant |
VA |
RW |
Pointe du Hoc |
France |
WW2 |
Pittsburg Barracks Old Post Cemetery |
PA, USA |
Cemetery |
Punchbowl Natl Cemetery |
HI, USA |
WW2 |
Pusan |
Korea |
KW |
Quan Tri |
VN |
VN |
Randolph AFB |
TX, USA |
Base |
Red Sea |
Israel |
WW2 |
Rock Pile |
Vietnam |
VN |
Monte Cristi |
Dominican Republic |
1916 Occupation |
St. Lo |
France |
WW2 |
Saint-Marie-du-Mont |
France |
WW2 |
Saint-Mihiel American Cemetery |
France |
WW1 |
Saint Virth |
Belgium |
WW2 |
Saipan |
Marianna Islands |
WW2 |
Saratoga Battlefield |
NY, USA |
RW |
Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia |
Gulf War |
Schofield Barracks |
HI, USA |
Base |
Scheveningen |
Netherlands |
WW2 |
Schumann |
Luxembourg |
WW2 |
Seoul |
Korea |
KW |
Sheppard AFB |
TX, USA – Wichita Falls |
Base |
Shiloh |
TN, USA |
CW |
Solomon Islands |
South Pacific |
WW2 |
Somme American Military Cemetery |
France |
WW1 |
South China Sea |
Vietnam |
VN |
St. Mere-Eglise |
France |
WW2 |
St-Mihiel American Cemetery |
France |
WW1 |
Stuttgart
|
Germany |
WW2 |
Stones River Natl Battlefield |
TN, USA |
CW |
Tippecanoe |
IN, USA |
Indian Wars |
Tinker AFB |
OK, USA |
Base |
Tora Bora |
Afghanistan |
OEF |
Torcy |
France |
WW1 |
Tu Do Street |
Vietnam |
VN |
Trenton |
NJ, USA |
RW |
Twenty-Nine Palms |
CA, USA |
Base |
US Air Force Academy |
CO, USA |
Academy |
US Consulate Ho Chi Minh City |
VN |
VN |
US Consulate Hong Kong Island |
Hong Kong |
WW2 |
US Embassy |
Greece |
WW2 |
US Embassy |
Laos |
VN |
US Embassy |
Morocco |
WW2 |
Utah Beach |
France |
WW2 |
Vicksburg |
MS, USA |
CW |
Vienna |
Austria |
WW2 |
Ville D’ Ettlebruck |
Belgium |
WW2 |
Vung Tek |
Vietnam |
VN |
Wau Kau Kong, US Fighter Pilot Grave |
HI, USA |
WW2 |
Wake Island |
Wake |
WW2 |
Willamette National Cemetery |
OR, USA |
Cemetery |
West Point |
NY, USA |
Academy |
VA, USA |
RW |