Service Memorial - Valparaiso, IN
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The memorial features landscaping, an interactive fountain, a gazebo, and, at the focal point, four granite monuments: Duty and Sacrifice, Charity, Friendship, and Hope.
Waymark Code: WMFA30
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 09/18/2012
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In addition to the names the monument text reads:
"Duty and Sacrifice
Valparaiso Area Veterans - Lives Lost in the Line of Duty"
The memorial consists of a fountain and four black granite monuments, which honor Charity, Friendship, Hope and Duty and Sacrifice. One side of the Duty and Sacrifice monument is etched with the names of 158 military personnel from Porter County who died in combat. The other side shows three names of local police officers, firefighters and emergency workers who died in the line of duty.
Arranged around the fountain, the other granite monuments honoring Friendship, Hope and Charity do not bear any names. Instead, they mark the place where bricks are placed honoring people who exemplify those qualities.
The granite is from the same company that provided the granite for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Date of Dedication: 10/26/2003
Property Permission: Public
Access instructions: park in nearby lot
Access times: From: 6:00 AM To: 8:00 PM
Website for Waymark: [Web Link]
Location of waymark:
2310 N. Campbell Street
Valparaiso, IN USA
Commemoration: all local residents who lost their lives in combat since WWI
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