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Friday, November 10, 2017

On the Road Friday ~ The Highground Verteran's Memorial Park ~ part 2 ~


 Welcome to On the Road Friday.
Over the Labor Day weekend our family visited The Highground Veterans Memorial Park.

The Highground is a special park. It seeks to continue to focus on the healing for all who come, regardless of the name of the battle which left scars.

It is the vision of The Highground to honor human courage and sacrifice wherever it is displayed, without either denying or glorifying the pain and suffering of war and of life.

 Kilroy Was Here
During World War II this was the symbol for the American Serviceman.

 Wisconsin Persian Gulf Tribute

An honor for our newst veterans. The mission reads " May this tribute honor all branches of America's Military who served through multiple conflicts in the Middle East while marching forward in the Global War on Terrorism and be a place of hope so that we do not walk past you but with you. Let this be an anchor for education and solace while securing in memory sacrifices made. With hope and prayer, the Wisconsin Persian Gulf Tribute will provide a safe haven for all to reflect and to heal." 



 Fragments
This was the memorial that really moved my heart.

The Vietnam Veterans Tribute
known as Fragments

is the first veterans tribute in the United States to include a women in the statuary. Under her poncho she carries the burden of the Wisconsin service men killed in Vietnam. The 1244 names are inscribed on the bundles of bamboo-shaped bronze rods in the back of the statue. They are interspersed with wind chimes ~ never meant to be read but to be voiced in sound so that the prayers left here go out to the hillsides and beyond. 

You will notice that not one of the figures in the statue is complete. They flow into one, much like war, each are dependent on each other and strengthen each other. The rifle is turned upside down - a sign that a Medivac is needed;  a piece of orange glass is seen as a reminder of Agent Orange. Many veterans gave their lives afterwards as a result of exposure to toxic chemicals.

The artist did not sign the statue. "It was signed with the cost of things. It was signed in sound. It was signed by us all."
 




The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into the field to fight for it. The people who wear our uniform and carry our rifles into combat are our kids, and our job is to support them, because they're protecting us. Tom Clancy
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/veteransday
 Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country’s cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field and serves, as he best can, the same cause.
 -Abraham Lincoln
The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into the field to fight for it. The people who wear our uniform and carry our rifles into combat are our kids, and our job is to support them, because they're protecting us. Tom Clancy
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/veteransday
The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into the field to fight for it. The people who wear our uniform and carry our rifles into combat are our kids, and our job is to support them, because they're protecting us. Tom Clancy
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/veteransday
The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into the field to fight for it. The people who wear our uniform and carry our rifles into combat are our kids, and our job is to support them, because they're protecting us. Tom Clancy
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/veteransday
The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into the field to fight for it. The people who wear our uniform and carry our rifles into combat are our kids, and our job is to support them, because they're protecting us. Tom Clancy
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/veteransday

13 comments:

  1. Wow this looks like an amazing place to visit. Thanks for sharing!

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  2. What an apropos post for Veterans Day! Lovely. Thanks for sharing!

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  3. The Fragments....brings tears to my eyes. Thanks for this lovely tribute to our veterans. Hugs, Diane

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  4. A very patriotic post. Tomorrow we celebrate Remembrance Day and and this is very appropriate, while you celebrate Veteran's Day.

    Hugs, Julia

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  5. Makes you feel like crying, doesn't it? Thank you.

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  6. I thought this a wonderful post.
    It is our Remembrance Day tomorrow, so your post was very apt.
    I did enjoy the information you gave about 'The Fragments' and the words are just so special.

    All the best Jan

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  7. Wow - some astonishingly beautiful, and moving, artwork. I loved the bit about Kilroy, too!

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  8. It's wonderful your infos. Thank you very much bloom tattoos

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  9. What a beautiful place to visit. Thank you for taking us along with you.
    xoxo
    KRis

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  10. These are totally amazing! Of course my favorite is the one with the woman in it. What thought went into making the symbols and statue details! Sorrowful and beautiful.

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  11. OMGOSH- I don't know if I could stand to go there and not have my heart break in two. That is such a moving tribute. Thank you for sharing it here...and how wonderful that there is a woman featured there. xo Diana

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  12. Thanks for sharing this post. It's so moving.

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  13. Thanks for your remark on my blog. I have a wooden Kilroy that my Dad got in WW II that used to clip on the sun visor in the car. Thank you for sharing that picture! Dad just died two days ago so the wooden Kilroy will be a treasured keepsake.

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High Fives from Wisconsin!