Vietnam War Memorial, Maryland State Veterans Park, Baltimore, MD, USA
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N 39° 15.287 W 076° 37.012
18S E 360492 N 4346296
Maryland State Vietnam memorial.
Waymark Code: WM516M
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 10/25/2008
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This memorial is a circular plaza with a ring of 64 granite stones each of which is inscribed with some of the names of the 1,046 Maryland residents killed in the war and 38 men originally listed as MIA. There are sixteen light spires around the memorial representing the years of the war, 1959 through 1975. The entrance to the plaza is flanked by two granite blocks with the following inscriptions.
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MARYLANDERS, WHILE IN THIS PLACE; PAUSE TO RECALL OUR NATION'S IDEALS,
ITS PROMISE, ITS ABUNDANCE, AND OUR CONTINUING RESPONSIBILITIES
TOWARDS THE SHARED FULFILLMENT OF OUR ASPIRATIONS.
REMEMBER, TOO, THOSE WHOSE SACRIFICES UNDERLIE THESE BLESSINGS.
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THIS MEMORIAL HONORS THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND
WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF OUR NATION DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, WITH SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES OR WHO REMAIN MISSING IN ACTION. THEIR NAMES ARE JOINED IN THIS PLACE IN EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE.
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Requiescat In Pace brothers - For as long as your names are remembered so too are you. Thank you for serving for us and your country.
Placed by:: State of Maryland
Date Placed: 05/28/1989
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