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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"

Complete Listing of Soils (click to open)

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

Yorktown National Cemetery

VA, USA

RW