Mount Pleasant Veteran's Memorial - Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

HISTORY OF MOUNT PLEASANT VETERANS PARK



Mount Pleasant Veterans Park began with an idea for a granite wall to recognize all veterans of all branches of the military. At the crossroads of Mount Pleasant stands a landmark known as "The Doughboy", a memorial for our nation's soldiers who left for WWI to fight for our freedom in America.



With support from the late Congressman John Murtha and funding from the DCED and DCNR, a dream became a reality. The project began in 2000, and requests for Veterans names kept coming in until "Veterans Wall" was filled to its capacity with 1,984 names. It was time to expand Veterans Park and four granite tablets were purchased and installed for Phase II. Thinking these granite tablets would last for many years, the tablets too were filled to capacity with 792 names.

In 2011, with all virtually no more space in Veteran's Park, a Phase III of the park began a local business creates, in cooperation with Borough Council, a digital wall to list current and future veterans, in which photos and other memorabilia could be added.

Type of Memorial: Non-Specific Memorial In Honor Of: The Veterans of Mount Pleasant Marker Text: Quotes are above the wall tablets stating Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few - Winston Churchill “The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive veterans of early wars were treated and appreciated by our nation.” ― George Washington Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. -John F. Kennedy My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. John F. Kennedy On top if the wall is the words "Mount Pleasant Veteran's Wall Phase 2 is of a older marker from 1975 listing the conflicts WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, along with the four plaques from that phase Date of dedication: 2000 Who Put it Here?: Borough of Mount Pleasant Description of Memorial: Phase I: A granite wall with a dedicated donor brick way below with dedicated benches across from the wall, behind which is a circular path with a fountain in the center with three walkways, spanning north, south, and west from the fountain with sets of dedicated reflection benches along them. In addition special events in wartime within granite markers are also included along the walkways Phase II: has the 1975 memorial, only listing the four conflicts, WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam on a rock is in the center along with two granite markers with names on each side of the rock, across from these are two dedicated reflection benches, one from the American Legion in town, the other from the community Veterans of Foreign Wars post. Phases I and II are separated by a alley and the sidewalks connecting the phases of the memorial has dedicated reflection benches along its path as well. Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Not listed

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