Liberty Memorial - Kansas City, MO
Posted by: YoSam.
N 39° 04.861 W 094° 35.158
15S E 362821 N 4326964
This place is so large it is hard to tell what is a part and what stands alone.
Waymark Code: WMM0XE
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/29/2014
Views: 10
County of site: Jackson County
Location of site: 26th St., Kansas City
Date erected: 1926
THE WALK OF HONOR
One Honoree: Cpl. Orville W. Best, 354th Infantry, 89th Division
"A few years ago the Liberty Memorial began selling inscribed stones to be placed in a Walk of Honor as a way for people to honor the veterans in the families and as a way to raise money for the memorial and its museum. My brothers and sisters and I purchased a memorial stone for the Liberty Memorial's Walk of Honor that was inscribed with information about our grandfather, Orville W. Best. Although memorial stones may be purchased in honor of anyone, the center section of this Walk of Honor is reserved exclusively for the memorial stones of veterans of the First World War.
"Over the Memorial Day weekend, in May 2004, I traveled to Kansas City, Missouri to meet with my brothers and sisters. Our goal was to surprise our father by showing him the memorial stone that we had secretly purchased for his father (our grandfather) at the Liberty Memorial. This stone was to be a tribute to our grandfather who served in France in World War I, and was seriously injured on November 3, 1918, only 8 days before the end of the war."
~ Jim Balthazar
This about says it all about the memorial:
Calvin Coolidge Dedication address