Vietnam War Memorial, Maryland State Veterans Park, Baltimore, MD, USA
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N 39° 15.287 W 076° 37.012
18S E 360492 N 4346296
Quick Description: Maryland State Vietnam memorial.
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 10/25/2008 4:25:41 AM
Waymark Code: WM516M
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Long Description:This memorial is a circular plaza with a ring of 64 granite stones
each of which is inscribed with some of the names of the 1,046
Maryland residents killed in the war and 38 men originally listed
as MIA. There are sixteen light spires around the memorial
representing the years of the war, 1959 through 1975. The entrance
to the plaza is flanked by two granite blocks with the following
inscriptions.
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MARYLANDERS, WHILE IN THIS PLACE; PAUSE TO RECALL OUR NATION'S
IDEALS,
ITS PROMISE, ITS ABUNDANCE, AND OUR CONTINUING
RESPONSIBILITIES
TOWARDS THE SHARED FULFILLMENT OF OUR ASPIRATIONS.
REMEMBER, TOO, THOSE WHOSE SACRIFICES UNDERLIE THESE BLESSINGS.
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THIS MEMORIAL HONORS THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE STATE OF
MARYLAND
WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF OUR NATION DURING THE VIETNAM
WAR, WITH SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES OR WHO
REMAIN MISSING IN ACTION. THEIR NAMES ARE JOINED IN THIS PLACE IN
EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE.
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Requiescat In Pace brothers - For as long as your names are
remembered so too are you. Thank you for serving for us and your
country.