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.

Michigan XII

On my last trip to Michigan, I ran across this elaborate and beautiful memorial. 

It honors not just our brothers and sisters from Nam, but many from many wars. This, as I have often remarked, is very often the case. Many, many places just cannot afford to build separate memorials to every war. What that says about how many wars we end up involved in, I'll leave to you.

Rochester Hills lies about 10 miles north of Troy and on the corner of Avon and S. Livernois Roads is the memorial. Called Veterans Memorial Pointe it sits at this busy intersection were hundreds, if not thousands, of cars pass each day.

The small park, home to part of the Clinton River, is filled with benches, markers and pavers honoring many.

Thankfully there are a number of parking spaces making access far easier than at some sites I have visited.

There is lots more here but I will leave that for another time.

Next time, on the 2nd of August, we will return to New Mexico, so meet me there, as always, at 9:00am.

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

I will ask, as I do at the end of nearly every post now, for anyone who has pictures of Vietnam memorials not seen here to please send them to me. I will give you full photo credit for the pic and any information about it you may know. Check your state, or anywhere you may have visited, from the list at the left, or any place else. Please send them to the email at the left or directly to me at Ldddad@comcast.net. Thanks.