Baird Park

Historical marker location:

1715 24th Ave. NE, Aberdeen, South Dakota

( Marker can be reached from 24th Ave NE, 0.3 miles west of Roosevelt St N.)

South Dakota was the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre, a tragic event in which over 150 unarmed Native American men, women, and children were killed by U.S. troops in 1890. Today, the site is a National Historic Landmark.