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What's
New
Proposed Washington
County Veteran’s Memorial
The Washington County
Veteran’s Memorial will be
located at 854 Main Street
on the wall connected to the
building which houses the
Washington County Historical
Society Museum. This site
was chosen not only because
it is at the intersection of
two major roads but also for
the convenience and
affordability that utilizing
the existing structure will
bring to the project.
There will need to be some
deconstruction of elements
of the wall, such as the
removal of the barbed wire
that runs along the top of
it. The wall will then
require refurbishing and
need to be refinished before
the Memorial verbiage, mural
and plaques can be added.
The west-facing wall also
has a “green” area that can
be used for seating. The
plans will also include the
addition of solar lighting
along the top of the wall, a
flagpole with appropriate
lighting and benches for
seating. There area also
plans to sell memorial
bricks, which could be used
in the area between the wall
and the coping on the
north-facing wall and a
courtyard effect on the
west. This feature will
give an additional source of
revenue to fund the project.
The proposed mural would
feature silhouettes of
soldiers depicting different
service branches and/or
wars. We hope to offer this
as a community project with
volunteers helping to paint
t he fill after the outlines
for the silhouettes have
been drawn. This type of
mural has the benefit of
being easily maintained.
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