Beaverton Veterans Memorial - Memorial Park - Beaverton, OR
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geobwong2k
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The Beaverton Veterans Memorial is the centerpiece of the Memorial Park in Beaverton, Oregon.
Waymark Code: WM4ERY
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 08/13/2008
Views: 71
The Beaverton Veterans Memorial is the centerpiece of the Memorial Park in Beaverton, Oregon. It is quite large and very interesting. The monument is a large, two sided inscribed monument. Around the base and on four low walls surrounding the monument, there are engraved bricks with names of servicemen whom died in service of our country. Although the monument is in Beaverton, the inscription states that it is in honor to all serviemen.
One of the four low walls contains names of Japanese American servicemen. The inscription reads "WE JAPANESE AMERICANS PROUDLY SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMED FORCES WITH HONOR AND LOYALTY."
The memorial park where this memorial is located is a very nice and peaceful park. There was plenty or parking available on the street right next to the park. I heard once that someone on Memorial day would go from marker to marker saying the name of the serviceman in honor because he figured that it had been a long time since someone had said the name aloud. What a great way to honor our Veterans.
Type of Memorial: Non-Specific Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
World War I, World War II, and the Korean War
In Honor Of: All Servicemen from all branches of service.
Marker Text:
BEAVERTON VETERANS MEMORIAL
DEDICATED TO ALL SERVICEMEN
ALL GAVE SOME - SOME GAVE ALL
Date of dedication: November 2000
Who Put it Here?: Beaverton American Legion #124 and others (See gallery for complete list)
Description of Memorial:
It is the main memorial in the Memorial Park. I saw the memorial park as I drove by. As I strolled around, I kept finding more memorials.
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