Freedom Park - Morehead, KY - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

Freedom Park is part of the Blue Star Memorial By-way. A "Spirit of the American Doughboy" monument at the front of the park welcomes visitors to visit the massive walls behind him that feature the names of soldiers from the area from all wars.

Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): World War I World War II Korea Vietnam Attack on America - September 11, 2001 In Honor Of: Honored Dead Marker Text: Rowan County Honored Dead World War I April 2, 1917 - November 11, 1918 Andrew Autrey, Cornie(?) Ellington, William Jordan, Emitt Reynolds, Elisa Conn, Thomas Duncan, Roy McCleese, Thomas Rigsey, Earl Cornett, George A. Jones, Troy Mullins, William Cundiff, Thomas Jones, Clarence Ratliff World War II December 7, 1941 - August 11, 1945 Thomas F. Armstrong, Benjamine A. Black, L.R. Brown, Charles L. Bumgardner, Herbert O. Catron, Lloyd Y. Caudill, Murvel E. Caudill, Clifton L. Clark, Raymond L. Conn, Sr., Arthur T. Cooper, Virgil Crisp, James C. Dailey, William E. Dean, Ernest E. Epperhart, Claudie Evans, Arnold Fyffe, Austin R. Gregory, Sam E. Gregory, Cecil M. Hall, Jessie Hamilton, Luster M. Hargis, Walter G. Hargis, Charles Harmon, Floyd Tay Honaker, Harold V. Ingram, Ray James, Luther Jones, William H. Jones, Delbert Kidd, Grant Kissick, Roy Litton, Jr., Arnold Martin, Chester A. McClurg, Orville K. McClurg, George McCullough, William E. McKenzie, Adrian T. McKinney, Robert T. McKinney, Cleo Moore, Kenneth Owens, Paul J. Pettit, Arthur Phillips, Rollie R. Poston, Arthur E. Profit, Jake Profit, Jr., Charles W. Puckett, Raymond K. Purvis, Burle Reynolds, Earl Richardson, Ora Richardson, Curtis R. Royse, Ashley E. Smith, Leonard D. Stevens, Major Stevens, Rufus Stevens, Bascom H. Taylor, Ernest C. Toler, George A. Turner, Joseph R. Williams, George D. Black. Korean War June 25, 1950 - July 28, 1953 Henry E. Beasley, William E. Beasley, James T. Brammer, Andrew J. Christian, Haward Davis, John Finley, Arb Hicks, Jr., Henry C. McKinney, Walter Toler, Charles Simpson. Vietnam War August 1958 - August 1973 Donald R. Butler, Kenneth A. Hardin, Dwight D. Jones, Delbert O. Lewis, Frederick B. Skaggs, Bruce E. Thomas, Lionel Workman. Attack on America September 11, 2001 Edward T. Earhart Date of dedication: 2002 Who Put it Here?: I don't know Description of Memorial: Located in Freedom Park on the grounds of the Rowan County Arts Center, formerly the Rowan County Courthouse. It is made up of several granite walls, similar to the Vietnam War Memorial, with names of those who served in all wars on the black granite and those who died on the orange granite.

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Date Logged Log   09/19/2022 Don.Morfe visited it 12/29/2021 nomadwillie visited it 07/25/2011 Simplenfun visited it 07/25/2011 Crazy4horses visited it 04/09/2011 Team 57 visited it

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