Monroe Park - Goldvein VA - Citizen Memorials on Waymarking.com

Pat and Thelma Monroe donated 14 acres of land for a park in Fauquier County, Virginia. Monroe Park in Goldvein includes a playground, playing fields, a pavilion, and the Gold Mine Camp Museum. A plaque mounted on a large boulder in front of the museum reads:

IN HONOR OF

[Relief portrait]

H.P. 'PAT' & THELMA MONROE
THE ORIGINAL DREAMERS
WHO GENEROUSLY DONATED THE LAND FOR MONROE PARK

S.W. RODGERS CO., INC.
THE COMMUNITY MINDED PEOPLE
WHO MOVED THE EARTH TO FORM MONROE PARK

RUPPERT LANDSCAPE CO.
THE VISIONARY LANDSCAPE EXPERTS
WHO ENHANCED THE BEAUTY OF MONROE PARK

DEDICATED OCTOBER 31, 1998

There are two more plaques mounted on the side:

MONROE PARK
The following individuals and organizations are hereby acknowledged for their
financial contributions to this park in its first year of planning and construction:
1996

List of contributors

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In Memory of

THOMAS E. SABLON, SR.

Mr. Sablon was a founding member of the
FRIENDS OF MONROE PARK.
In that capacity, from 1995 to 2007, he
willingly and generously gave to this park
and to the children of Fauquier and
surrounding counties his knowledge and
love of our nation's gold industry and
its history.

Monroe Park is open daily, dawn to dusk. The Gold Mine Camp Museum is open on Wed. to Fri. 9:30 to 5, Sun. 12 to 4.

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