POW/MIA memorial - Kingsport, TN
Posted by: vhasler
N 36° 32.012 W 082° 31.691
17S E 363197 N 4044213
Brand new veterans memorial in Kingsport includes a "You Are Not Forgotten" POW/MIA reminder
Waymark Code: WM578K
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 11/22/2008
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Kingsport Tomorrow and a committee of volunteers worked for three years to make the memorial a reality, raising $600,000 of the $862,000 project cost.
The memorial is of red, white and blue granite. White granite was used for the POW/MIA memorial. Over 550,000 pounds of granite was used in the construction of the overall memorial.