Medal of Honor / Bicentennial Tree - Willamette National Cemetery - Portland, Oregon
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Plaque for a tree dedicated to Medal of Honor recipients for making the bicentennial observance possible
Waymark Code: WMKKZA
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 04/29/2014
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This plaque is located by a dawn redwood tree near the Assembly Area at Willamette National Cemetery. As part of the bicentennial observance, this plaque was placed by the Veterans Administration in 1976 in honor of America's Medal of Honor recipients. When the tree was dedicated, the local Veterans Administration units held a ceremony here.
There are four Medal of Honor recipients interred at Willamette National Cemetery - their graves are a few feet away from this spot, at the upper entry to the Assembly Area. The text of the marker reads:
THIS TREE
DEDICATED BY THE VETERANS
ADMINISTRATION IN 1976 TO
AMERICA'S MEDAL OF HONOR
RECIPIENTS WHO HELPED
MAKE THIS BICENTENNIAL
OBSERVANCE POSSIBLE
"BY GALLANTRY ABOVE AND
BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY"
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