Saturday, November 21, 2020

Maryland XXVIII

Long ago, I lived in the Hagerstown area, even taught there for a time. So, it was with great delight that I found that a Vietnam memorial has been dedicated in the city.

It happened in March of 2019 and had been in the works for several years.

Located in Hagerstown's magnificent city park it can be easily accessed from S. Walnut Avenue.

The "Welcome Home" greeting as you enter is the first I have seen and it is touching and fitting.

Complete with benches for quite reflection the memorial also recalls a bit of history and hope.

 

 

Tribute is paid to vets and those who waited at home in support of them in a difficult time in our history.





Beneath the watchful eye of the POW/MIA tribute, the 17 from Washington county are ever remembered and honored here.
 

The above pic is cropped out of a larger one and is difficult to read. These men are due their respect, so I will list them here:

Edward Ralph Glenn jr.
Douglas Lee Tracy
Kenneth Lamar Deavers jr.
Ralph Preston Funt jr.
Ronald M. Adams
Harry Lee Watkins jr.
Harry Leon Ecton
Jack Allen Beard
John Franklin Hutzell
George Edgar Massie 
Nolan Daryl Byrd
Orville Lee Knight
Otto Philip Barnhart
William Lewis McGowan 
James Edwin Dodd
Hugh Julius Bonneberg
Ronald Lee Sanbower

Next time on the first of December, we will venture back to Massachusetts, so join me there, as usual, at 9:00am.

To see additional memorials from Maryland,or any other state, please click the state name on the left side of this page.

2 comments:

  1. Daryl Nolan Byrd was a medic with the 11th ACR, a class mate of mine, and the first person that I knew that was KIA in Vietnam. Mortar attack in 1968. RIP Brother.

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