Montana Vetern's Memorial- "The Place of Honor" - Great Falls MT
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zenpanda
N 47° 31.038 W 111° 15.432
12T E 480635 N 5262684
Quick Description: Located in nice area overlooking the Missouri river. This is a memorial to all Montana veterans with plaques on the wall dedicated by friends and family of veterans.
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 3/9/2007 1:15:37 PM
Waymark Code: WM19W3
Views: 73
Long Description:
The Memorial is a wall 50 feet in diameter and approximately 5 feet
in height. Surrounding the circular wall is a curved Wall of about
100 feet.
The inside face of the wall has from the base upward a 22 degree
slope and on the face of the wall the individual Black Marble Tiles
honoring Veterans are installed. The outside wall is vertical and
has individual Black Marble Tiles honoring veterans.
The outside face is covered in Native Sandstone. Large bronze
service plaques is installed on this surface. The twelve-foot
Warrior Angel mounted atop the pedestal is designed by local artist
Marvin Brewster. The Warrior Angel cast in bronze is located in the
center of the Memorial. The Warrior Angel's left arm is extended
allowing five Doves of Peace to fly away representing the five
branches of the service and in its right hand will be holding five
dog tags signifying deceased veterans. A sheathed Sword by his side
symbolizes keeping the Peace.
A Freedom Walk of marbleized cement extends from the extreme west
of the Memorial location and surrounds the east side of the
Memorial Wall ending at the entrance to the Memorial.
Adjacent to the walkway, a blacktop parking area, accommodates 50
vehicles with handicap parking.
An eight foot pedestal with a bronze plaque featuring the names of
Montana's Congressional Medal of Honor recipients is on permanent
display
Type of Memorial: Non-Specific Memorial
In Honor Of: Al Montana Veterans
Date of dedication: 29 May 2006
Who Put it Here?: The Montana Veterans Memorial Association
Description of Memorial:
The large angel statue is hard to miss. This memorial is the only one of it's kind in North-Central Montana.
http://www.montanaveteransmemorial.org/?p=home
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Not listed
Marker Text: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
Visited Logs must contain, at least, a picture of the monument and
your GPSr. Preferably YOU at the monument with your GPSr, but we
understand that some people are camera-shy.
Please include something about your visit here, as well.
