Legion Memorial Park

Legion Memorial Park is a National Register of Historic Places city park in Auburn, Nebraska, set aside by the city’s founders, Church Howe and Charles Nixon, in 1883. The city took ownership in 1929 and renamed it American Legion Memorial Park in 1930.

During the late 1930s, the Works Progress Administration built several structures that still define the park today, including a band shell, playground, picnic shelter, and arched entrance. From 1910 to 1913 the park was home to the Auburn Athletics minor league baseball team. On May 10, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy addressed a crowd of about 2,000 people here during his presidential campaign.