NEILLSVILLE — On May 12, interested veterans in Lafayette can attend a free trip to The Highground Veterans Memorial Park. 

The trip is courtesy of a state grant for veteran outreach.

Transportation, breakfast and lunch will be provided. The trip will last from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. There are 55 seats on the chartered tour bus.

Contact the Lafayette County Veterans Service Office at 608-776-4886 for more information.

Four trips in all will take place, with another in the summer of 2023, and two final trips in the spring and summer of 2024.

The Highground Veterans Memorial Park is a 155-acre park three miles west of Neillsville in central Wisconsin. It is the nation’s largest Veterans Park. It includes more than a dozen tributes, a museum and four miles of hiking trails.

The Wisconsin Vietnam Veterans Tribute “Fragments” was the first tribute placed on the grounds in 1988. It is a complex piece at the apex of The Highground’s main plaza. The statue features a female figure wearing a poncho that signifies the burden of the 1,244 Wisconsin service personnel who died in Vietnam.