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Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers
visited Alabama Veterans Memorial Park
100 Overton Access Road (I-459, exit 23)
Birmingham, Alabama 35243
October 19, 2022
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Birmingham is a city in the north central region of
the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's
most populous county, and Alabama's third-most populous city after
Huntsville and Montgomery. Birmingham was founded in 1871, during
the post-Civil War Reconstruction period, through the merger of three
pre-existing farm towns, notably, Elyton.
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| The below photo is from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama
- the rest were photographed by the two RV Gypsies. |
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Alabama Veterans Memorial
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The American Flag Plaza features
a large American flag that can be seen from I-459. Surrounding the base
of the flag is 500 StepStone pavers honoring veterans, both living and
dead, from many states and branches of service. These StepStone pavers
may be purchased at any time by those who wish to honor a Veteran. Twice
a year, on Memorial Day and on Veterans Day, there is a dedication ceremony
where new StepStone pavers are placed at the American Flag Plaza. |
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Veterans and their families
are the soul of The Memorial Plaza. Many of the "testaments"
contributed to The Alabama Veterans Memorial Foundation are cast in
metal and mounted on a series of 36 free-standing columns standing tall
and proud on the hilltop Memorial complex. Also permanently memorialized
on the columns are the citations of Alabama's 25 Medal of Honor recipients
engraved in brushed aluminum plaque castings. In addition to the Medal
of Honor citations and personal "last letters" is original
patriotic artwork produced by Alabama artists. |
Below: The Columns |
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Below:The two RV Gypsies took some close-up photos of a few of the
columns.
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