Michigan XVI

In past posts I have identified Veterans Memorial Pointe as being "near Troy"', this is not too far off,  but it is actually located in Rochester Hills at 1015 S. Livermore Road.

I want to return one more time to share a few more of the features of this memorial. At a bit over 5 acres, there is much to see here.

One of the unusual things I found was a string of stones with the names of scouts on them.

 

The only thing I was able to learn was that a Scout wanted to enhance the site as his Eagle Scout project. the article I read commented that he had help from several of his fellow Scouts, so that may be the explanation for the placement of the stones. As always, if you know anything about this, I would love to hear from you. 

Elsewhere, I came across stones immortalizing fellow vets.

Two among others.

Lastly, this bench. I just liked the way it looked.

Next time, on the 3rd of February, we will return to North Carolina, so join me there, as usual, at 9:00am.

To see Vietnam memorials from any state and Canada, Ireland, and Puerto Rico click on the individual names on the left side of this page.

If you are following along at all, you will have seen that a number of you, like Joan from Wisconsin, Tony from Texas, Mike from Maryland, Ron from Florida, Tim from Virginia and Molly from Florida, Colleen from Pennsylvania, and Elli from Maryland, among others, have responded to my request to send me memorials you have seen in your area or where you may have traveled. I even got one from Ireland! These submissions help expand the knowledge of how we have remembered the men and women who served or were lost in 'Nam and you help to honor them. If you have any such photos, I would love to see them. Please send them along to the email at the left and I will gladly share them here. Thanks, once again, to all who have contributed.