Viewed Through the Lens:
In Service to Country, New and Old
In Service to Country, New and Old - Many Danish immigrant men (and a few women) served in the military in Denmark and many chose to serve and defend their new country during wartime.
In 2007 the Genealogy Center exhibited a selection of immigrant veterans who saw action in every war from the Revolutionary War on as well as peacetime service.
Zealand - Hamlin Twp., Iowa
Harlan, Iowa
Tarp (Ribe Co.) - Volmer, Montana
Svendborg - Jacksonville, Iowa
Rural Shelby County, Iowa
Rural Elk Horn, Iowa
Poplar, Iowa
Parsonage, Jacksonville, Iowa
Monroe Twp., Shelby County, Iowa
Mollerup - Dannebrog, Nebraska
Lild Strand (Thisted Co.)
Lidstrup - Audubon, Iowa
Lading
Kolding - Vester Nebel - Iowa
Karsminde - Kimballton
Ærø & Melville Twp., Iowa from above
Hamlin Twp., Audubon County, Iowa
Garland, Wyoming
Elyria, Nebraska
Elk Horn Main Street
Ebeltoft - Tyler, Minnesota
Dyngby - Skanderborg - Kimballton, Iowa
Copenhagen, Iowa
Brønderslev - Elk Horn, Iowa
Brejning - Rindum - Poplar, Iowa
Boulstrup - Kimballton, Iowa
Arnitlund (Haderslev)
Als - Vårst - Rural Iowa
Alderslyst - Philippines - California