Victory Memorial Parkway

The parkway was completed in 1921 and was dedicated as a memorial to servicemen and nurses from Hennepin County who died in World War I.

A statue of Abraham Lincoln erected on the northwestern curve of the parkway was dedicated on May 25, 1930 by surviving members of the Grand Army of the Republic in honor of their comrades who gave their lives in the Civil War.

In 2003, the Minnesota Legislature passed a bill designating “Victory Memorial Drive” as a state historic district.

[3] Over the years, the original monuments had fallen into disrepair and many of the hundreds of elm trees planted had died.

Hennepin County and the State of Minnesota funded a $6.7 million project to repair the Parkway.