CARLSBAD VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK
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BACKGROUND
The Veterans Memorial Park Committee was established late 2009 by Carlsbad city ordinance. The responsibility of the Committee is to plan and design a memorial park for all Carlsbad veterans who have honorably served.
The City Council approved the location for the Veterans Memorial Park at the Bataan Recreation area near the Lower Tansill (Bataan) Dam and construction of the first phase has begun.
With that approval, the Committee is now moving forward with actions to design, build, and place the memorials that will grace the park and provide for a reflective honoring of all Carlsbad veterans who have served in defense of the country over all the years and conflicts of the United States.
The design and projects will take many years to complete, but we intend to go as we grow. Input will be sought by the committee from other veterans and citizens. We will also be asking businesses, organizations, and citizens, by making contributions and providing effort in various ways, to make the Carlsbad Veterans Memorial Park into something beautiful and memorable. Memorial dedications will be held from time- to — time as memorial projects are completed and placed at the Park. All veterans and citizens will be invited to participate in the Dedication ceremonies.
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The Carlsbad Veterans Memorial Park will have several forms of memorials essentially grouped around the walkway, the walkway being the central feature of the Park, permitting folks to slowly walk along and view the memorial plaques and bricks and contemplate those veterans who have provided their service to our country.
The walkway stretches along parallel to the river as it leaves the Lower Tansill (Bataan) Dam and travels east for a hundred yards or so at the southern base of the Park before turning south.
Between the walkway and the river, memorial plaques will be adjacent to the walkway and commemorate various veterans' organizations. Like the walkway itself, these plaques will be at ground level.
Up on the crest of the hill north of the walkway, major monuments will be standing above ground. The first of these will be a monument to the Vietnam Veterans from Carlsbad KIA. We have 12 veterans from Carlsbad KIA in Vietnam. The monument will be a 4' square of black granite on a base. The DOD information on the Virtual Wall website as well as the photo of the veteran will be laser etched onto the black granite stone. This will be a stunning monument for our veterans.
To allow our citizens to participate in honoring relatives and friends who served honorably in the armed forces, the brick project was started. Starting adjacent to and rising up the hill to the crest, brick forms can be purchased by citizens for $35. The bricks can be inscribed with 3 lines, 12 characters per line with name, rank, service etc. of the veteran. The inscription is the choice of the citizen purchasing the brick.
The beauty of this project is that the "bricks" will actually be a 20" X 60" form etched into a slab of granite and the letters will be etched inside that 4" X 8" form. The slab will be buried in the hillside. Each slab will contain 24 to 30 brick forms, overlapped in standard brick construction. No grass growing between bricks, no brick tilting, no prying up of a brick can occur in this design. The design will be artistic and unique.
To allow for more lettering than 3 lines, 24 characters per line standard brick space, two bricks in line for a 4" X 16" brick space (no vertical dividing line in the middle for 3 lines, 24 characters per line) or two bricks stacked for a 8" X 8" brick space (no horizontal dividing line in the middle for 6 lines, 12 characters per line) can be purchased for $70.
As orders come in, another brick slab will be started when 24 to 30 orders are accumulated.
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Surveying the sidewalk. |
Construction begins. |
Sidewalk form work begins. |
Cement pouring begins. |
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Sidewalk taking shape. |
City workers finishing walk. |
Parking lot is complete. |
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MEMORIALS
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You are asked to consider making a monetary contribution to the Veterans Memorial Park as we launch the planning for the first memorial to the Spanish American War veterans. Several Spanish American War veterans are buried in the Carlsbad Cemetery. We will be honoring and remembering those veterans and their families with this first memorial. Following on, added memorials will be planned, constructed, and dedicated with additional funding.
A contribution would be greatly appreciated. Donors will receive acknowledgment at the memorial site and a receipt will be provided for tax donation purposes.
Checks should be made out and mailed to the Carlsbad Foundation: Veterans Memorial Park
Donor List
CONTACT
Veterans Memorial Committee
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