
Fire Fighters Memorial of Missouri - Kingdom City, Missouri
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BruceS
N 38° 56.722 W 091° 56.557
15S E 591632 N 4311245
Quick Description: Fire fighters memorial placed by the Fire Fighters Association of Missouri located in Kingdom City, Missouri.
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 5/19/2007 6:29:40 PM
Waymark Code: WM1JF4
Views: 189
Long Description:
This fire fighters memorial was dedicated May 18, 2002. On the
black granite walls the names of all the Missouri fire fighters who
have died in the line of duty since the first Fred Turnbull, St.
Louis VFD, 1838 to the present. The Fire Fighter in Prayer statue
is actually the second one. The first one was in transit through
New York City on September 11, 2001 enroute to this memorial. On
September 19, 2001, the New York Fire Department accepted the gift
of the first Fire Fighter in Prayer statue from Missouri Fire
Service. The gift was in honor of the 343 fire fighters who died in
fall of the World Trade Center. The original remains in New York
City at 8th Avenue and 41st Street and is probably one of the first
9/11 Memorials.