Afghanistan-Iraq War Memorial - Northwood Community Park, Irvine, CA
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Northwood Gratitude and Honor Memorial is the only memorial in the US dedicated exclusively to honoring by name every American Fallen Hero of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. New names are engraved twice a year.
Waymark Code: WMN5MQ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/30/2014
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The nation's first memorial listing the names of all the fallen American service members in Afghanistan and Iraq was formally dedicated and opened to the public on November 14, 2010. As of November, 2014 the panels display the names of all casualties from October, 2001 through September, 2014. The panels will be updated regularly as long as American service members are dying in those conflicts. (for more info see www.NorthwoodMemorial.com)
Since 2003, a simple memorial for the country’s military fallen in Afghanistan and Iraq was set up in the Northwood Community Park located in the Southern California city of Irvine by members of the community on the week before Memorial Day and then removed the week after Independence Day. For years the community and visitors from all over the country have come to share in the fellowship at the site of the Northwood Gratitude and Honor Memorial.
This expression of gratitude and honor, born from simple materials and community initiative, was approved on December 8th, 2009 by the Irvine City Council to become a permanent monument to the heroes that gave their all to the United States of America.
The names of every service member who has died in Afghanistan and Iraq had been displayed on the wooden posts of the temporary memorial. Now their names are engraved in chronological order in the granite of the permanent memorial, to assure that future generations of Americans will remember and honor them with gratitude as we do today.
Free name rubbings are available by obtaining materials from the park office or completing a request form on the Gold Star page of the web site. The location of a name may be determined by referring to the directory in the park office, or viewing the alphabetized name lists found on the Fallen Heroes page of the web site.
Memorial Placed by:: Grassroots citizen group & the city of Irvine
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