Veterans Memorial (Fredericksburg, Virginia)

USA / Virginia / Falmouth / Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Six heavy granite columns (6-ton rectangles) inscribed with names and topped with massive capstones, are securely in place on a concrete pad near the corner of Barton and George streets. The stones, mined at a quarry in Georgia, should last for a millennium; as should the memory of the sacrifices of hundreds of area soldiers who died in service to their country since World War I. There are 400 names in block letters about an inch high. The design allows loved ones to "scratch" paper copies of names as is the custom for visitors at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. One blank panel is reserved for those who may die in future wars. The memorial is for troops who lived in Caroline, King George, Orange, Spotsylvania and Stafford, and Fredericksburg. Other soldiers not eligible for the memorial are remembered on paving stones, which donors bought, installed on a "Walk of Honor" at the site. Landscaping and two Spanish-American War-vintage Naval guns flank the monument.
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Coordinates:   38°18'2"N   77°27'49"W

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  • Six heavy granite columns (6-ton rectangles) inscribed with names and topped with massive capstones, are securely in place on a concrete pad near the corner of Barton and George streets. The stones, mined at a quarry in Georgia, should last for a millennium; as should the memory of the sacrifices of hundreds of area soldiers who died in service to their country since World War I. There are 400 names in block letters about an inch high. The design allows loved ones to "scratch" paper copies of names as is the custom for visitors at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. One blank panel is reserved for those who may die in future wars. The memorial is for troops who lived in Caroline, King George, Orange, Spotsylvania and Stafford, and Fredericksburg. Other soldiers not eligible for the memorial are remembered on paving stones, which donors bought, installed on a "Walk of Honor" at the site. Landscaping and two Spanish-American War-vintage Naval guns flank the monument.
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