Service Memorial - Valparaiso, IN
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N 41° 29.834 W 087° 03.855
16T E 494637 N 4593958
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: WMFAPR
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 09/21/2012
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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 shows names of local police officers, firefighters, and emergency workers who died in the line of duty. As of 2012, only one firefighter is listed. The other side One side of the is etched with the names of military personnel from Porter County who died in combat.
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 D.C.
Memorial Website: [Web Link]
Physical address:
2310 N. Campbell Street
Valparaiso, IN USA
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