
Beaverton Veterans Memorial - Memorial Park - Beaverton, OR
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geobwong2k
N 45° 28.890 W 122° 48.420
10T E 515083 N 5036459
Quick Description: The Beaverton Veterans Memorial is the centerpiece of the Memorial Park in Beaverton, Oregon.
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 8/13/2008 10:11:02 PM
Waymark Code: WM4ERY
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Long Description:The Beaverton Veterans Memorial is the centerpiece of the Memorial
Park in Beaverton, Oregon. It is quite large and very interesting.
The monument is a large, two sided inscribed monument. Around the
base and on four low walls surrounding the monument, there are
engraved bricks with names of servicemen whom died in service of
our country. Although the monument is in Beaverton, the inscription
states that it is in honor to all serviemen.
One of the four low walls contains names of Japanese American
servicemen. The inscription reads "WE JAPANESE AMERICANS PROUDLY
SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMED FORCES WITH HONOR AND LOYALTY."
The memorial park where this memorial is located is a very nice
and peaceful park. There was plenty or parking available on the
street right next to the park. I heard once that someone on
Memorial day would go from marker to marker saying the name of the
serviceman in honor because he figured that it had been a long time
since someone had said the name aloud. What a great way to honor
our Veterans.