Adjacent to the museum parking lot.

A polished inscribed granite plaque attached to a layered stone about 5 feet tall; he symbol of the 2^nd Infantry Division is etched into the plaque.

The monument remembers the 2^nd Infantry Division of Patton’s 3^rd Army liberating the town in May 1945.

The text is written in Czech and reads:

- Symbol of the 2^nd Infantry Division-

1.5.1945

VSTOUPILA 2.PĚŠÍ DIVIZE

3. AMERICKÉ ARMÁDY

GENERÁLA G. S. PATTONA

DO ŽELEZNÉ RUDY.

THANK YOU BOYS

The translation is:

- Symbol of the 2^nd Infantry Division-

May 1, 1945

The 2^nd Infantry Division of

General Patton’s 3^rd Army

Entered ŽELEZNÉ RUDY.

THANK YOU BOYS