The Sun Prairie Fireman's Park in the Prairie is located on the grounds of the Angell Park Speedway, in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, United States, and was dedicated on October 7, 2007.
The park was built by the Sun Prairie community starting on September 18th, 2007. The project was led by Sun Prairie residents Rebecca Ketelson and Anita Holcomb. Leather's and Associates was the project architect.
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