On Land and On Water

On Land and On Water is a memorial in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On Land and On Water is situated nearby to the theater building Lake Park Summer Stage, as well as near the bridge Grand Staircase.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include North Point Light and Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts.

North Point Light

Museum

Photo: Sulfur, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The North Point Lighthouse Museum is a lighthouse built in 1888 in Lake Park on the East Side of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States to mark the entrance to the Milwaukee River. North Point Light is situated 2,000 feet southwest of On Land and On Water.

Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts

Theater building

Photo: Rorr404, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts center located on the campus of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. It houses the 756-seat Helen Bader Concert Hall, large rehearsal spaces, meeting facilities, music offices, and dance studios for the UWM Peck School of the Arts. Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts is situated 3,500 feet northwest of On Land and On Water.

Downer Theatre

Movie theater

Photo: Johnstanbul, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Downer Theatre is a historic cinema in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, formerly operated by Landmark Theatres. Opened in 1915, it was the oldest continually operating cinema in the city of Milwaukee. Downer Theatre is situated 3,300 feet southwest of On Land and On Water.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Side and Shorewood.

East Side

Suburb

The East Side is a district of Milwaukee, Wisconsin consisting of several neighborhoods encompassing an area just north of Downtown Milwaukee to the village of Shorewood, bordered by the Milwaukee River to the west and Lake Michigan to the east.

Shorewood

Town

Photo: Freekee, Public domain.

Shorewood is a village in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. A suburb of Milwaukee, it is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The population was 13,859 at the 2020 census. Shorewood is situated 1½ miles northwest of On Land and On Water.

Borchert Field

Quarter

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Borchert Field, known at various times as Athletic Park, Brewer Field, and Borchert's Orchard, was a baseball park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The home field for several professional baseball clubs from 1888 through 1952, it also hosted two football teams: the Milwaukee Badgers from 1922 to 1926 and the Green Bay Packers in 1933. Borchert Field is situated 3 miles west of On Land and On Water.

On Land and On Water

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “IN MEMORIAM/ TO OUR HEROES OF THE WORLD WAR/ WHO DIED/ ON LAND AND ON WATER/ THESE TREES WERE DEDICATED BY THE/ MILWAUKEE COUNTY CHAPTER OF/ AMERICAN WAR MOTHERS/ MAY 20, 1921”
Category: historic site
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.07064° or 43° 4′ 14″ north

Longitude

-87.86782° or 87° 52′ 4″ west

Inception

1921

Open location code

86MJ34CJ+7V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4067090338

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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