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Alpharetta, Ga. nearly became one of those places that proved impossible to complete my task. I had info about the location of a site and my GPS took me to that spot over and over again. There was nothing there except what might have been an old, very small park. I wondered and wondered around, asking anyone I could where the memorial might be? No one knew. This , as I have said before, is not uncommon. I went into stores, banks and finally a city admin building. No one had any idea what I was talking about.
Finally, I was directed to another desk and someone wondered if it could have been removed from the original spot (the small park) to the new Alpharetta Memorial Park?
Bingo! Once I rode out of town to the new site I found it along with a few others.
You will note that it appears to have been added to a WWII site. Four of Alpharetta's sons are listed here with space remaining for others if discovered. There is no literature or detail available. So, I do not know if there are still MIA's or if the extra spaces will be used for some other purpose.
I was glad to finally find it and I want to thank all the nice folks who tried to help. All seemed interested, but few had any real information to share. I guess that is one of the reasons I continue to seek out and record these sites.
My brothers, we are slipping from the memory of many. I guess it is always so!
The park is located at the intersection of Westside Parkway and Old Milton Parkway.
