11/11/2008
The Kingsport Veterans Memorial was dedicated on on Veterans Day, which is located in front of J. Fred Johnson Park on Fort Henry Drive between the old Highway Patrol Building and Indian Court.
The memorial is of red, white and blue granite. A white granite plaza contains six 7-foot-tall blue granite tablets, one for each war from World War I to Operation Iraqi Freedom, with two from World War II. The tablets display the names of 370 fallen soldiers from Kingsport on one side and a map of the theater of operations on the other. Over 550,000 pounds of granite was used in the construction of the memorial.
The memorial includes a centered U.S. flag, which will remain lit at all times, benches, earth berms, and two walkways leading up to the plaza from each side that include the names of famous battle sites, such as Berlin, Guam, Normandy, Tet and Kabul.
On either side of the walkways are rows of granite pavers — the
“Walk of Honor” features 1,728 red granite pavers bearing the names of veterans, living or dead
price tag of $862,000
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1 comment:
Looks real nice! Would like to see that myself.
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