What better way to honor your veteran than with an everlasting plaque on the Veterans Wall of Freedom at Veterans Freedom Park in Grand Terrace?
The Veterans Wall of Freedom was dedicated on Veterans Day 2016. This unique monument is designed to be an enduring reminder of the freedoms we enjoy daily because of the service and sacrifice of those that served in the United States military. The monument spells out the word FREEDOM in six-foot block letters with over 1600 granite plaque spaces for veterans covering the front of the letters. Thirteen stripes, seven in subdued red and six in white, lead to the monument.
All veterans of the United States military are eligible for a plaque. Plaque reservation forms are available on the website veteranswalloffreedom.org. Each plaque is available for $100 donation.
In order to have your veterans plaque engraved on the Veterans Wall of Freedom by Memorial Day, the form with donation must be received no later than April 25, 2021.
As part of the Memorial Day Ceremony, a reading of the names of those veterans on the wall who were killed in action or died in the line of duty will be conducted. Also, the Veterans Wall of Freedom the names of veterans with plaques on the monument that recently passed away since the last Memorial Day Ceremony will be read. If you know of a veteran on the monument that has recently passed away, please contact the Veterans Wall of Freedom organization.
The Veterans Wall of Freedom is a committee of the Foundation of Grand Terrace. For more information on the reserving a plaque or the Veterans Wall of Freedom, please visit veteranswalloffreedom.org or contact Don Larkin at 951-756-4711.
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