Home of Heroes - Pueblo, CO - Lucky 7 on Waymarking.com

"In honor of Pueblo’s four Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients, the Pueblo Convention Center built the "Home of Heroes" Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial Plaza. The four larger-than-life, sculpted and bronze statues flank the main entry and welcome you to the Pueblo Convention Center. The Medal of Honor is the highest military award that can be bestowed upon a member of the United States Armed Forces; Teddy Roosevelt lobbied for one but never received it, and General George Patton said "I'd sell my immortal soul for that Medal."" (from (visit link) )

"Bronze artist David Dirrim and granite artist William Yates, both Colorado natives, were selected in 1998 to create the Pueblo Medal of Honor Memorial outside the Convention Center on Heroes Plaza.

In addition to the statues of Pueblo’s four heroes the names of the over 3,400 recipients were incorporated on granite slabs mounted on the walls of the Convention Center just behind the sculptures. Listed by war, the names are in alphabetical order.

Other features are a 35 foot flag pole in the center of a pool of water surrounded by a granite bench. The water feature is to remind us of the words of President Dwight Eisenhower who, upon placing the Medal of Honor around Raymond “Jerry” Murphy’s neck said: “What is it in the water out there in Pueblo…all you guys turn out to be heroes?”. Dirrim and Yates worked with each of the four honored men to find out what was most important to them so their appearance and engraved information would be as accurate as possible.

The granite block on which each sculpture sits has a citation as well as a map of where their action took place, plus other awards they wished listed. It is important to note that each of the recipients depicted spent time working with Dirrim at his foundry to assure that the uniforms and equipment included in the sculptures was accurate.

The Pueblo Medal of Honor Memorial is located at the Pueblo Convention Center 320 Central Main Street Pueblo, Colorado 81003" (from (visit link) )

Department Number, Category Name, and Waymark Code: 2. Buildings WMPFJP Pueblo Convention Center - Pueblo, CO 4. Culture WMP9TN President Dwight D. Eisenhower - Medal of Honor Memorial - Pueblo, CO, USA * 5. Entertainment WMPFJT Medal of Honor Memorial - Pueblo, CO 6. History WMPGFJ U.S.S. Pueblo Memorial - Pueblo, CO 8. Monuments WMP9RB U.S.S. Pueblo Memorial - Pueblo, CO 9. Nature WMPFH7 The Peter C. Lemon Rose Garden - Pueblo, CO 13. Structures WMM9B8 Headwaters Fountain - Pueblo, Colorado 14. Technology WMPGJZ Home of Heroes - Pueblo, Colorado Check if all of your waymarks are within a 0.1 mile?: yes Tally: 16 Reused Waymarks: no Did you have fun while doing this waymark?: yes

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