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Blue Springs, MO —
Plans for the Veterans Way Memorial in Blue Springs are coming along, although the dedication has been pushed back to next spring.
The idea is to permanently mark the spot where an estimated 50,000 people came two years ago during the four-day display of “The Wall That Heals.”
“Many of the Vietnam veterans and others said, ‘We want to remember this,’” said Eleanor Frasier of Blue Springs, who helped organize the 2010 event and this memorial.
It’s in Pink Hill Park on Veterans Way. As you come into the park on Missouri 7 on Park Drive, that road turns into Veterans Way. The memorial is in a grassy area between two parking lots.
The memorial consists of a 9-foot black granite base enscribed with the words “To those who serve,” and on top is a sculpture, “Restless Recovery.”
Frasier said it will be dedicated April 2, 2013. (Plans for an Oct. 2 dedication were scrapped due to the recent weather.) The memorial is a couple of months from being done, she said.
Organizers plan to raise $120,500 for the effort and recently passed a trigger – $104,000 – to begin work at the site.
Although “The Wall that Heals” is focused on those who served in Vietnam, the memorial will be in honor of all veterans.
Plans for the Veterans Way Memorial in Blue Springs are coming along, although the dedication has been pushed back to next spring.
The idea is to permanently mark the spot where an estimated 50,000 people came two years ago during the four-day display of “The Wall That Heals.”
“Many of the Vietnam veterans and others said, ‘We want to remember this,’” said Eleanor Frasier of Blue Springs, who helped organize the 2010 event and this memorial.
It’s in Pink Hill Park on Veterans Way. As you come into the park on Missouri 7 on Park Drive, that road turns into Veterans Way. The memorial is in a grassy area between two parking lots.
The memorial consists of a 9-foot black granite base enscribed with the words “To those who serve,” and on top is a sculpture, “Restless Recovery.”
Frasier said it will be dedicated April 2, 2013. (Plans for an Oct. 2 dedication were scrapped due to the recent weather.) The memorial is a couple of months from being done, she said.
Organizers plan to raise $120,500 for the effort and recently passed a trigger – $104,000 – to begin work at the site.
Although “The Wall that Heals” is focused on those who served in Vietnam, the memorial will be in honor of all veterans.
