Jacksonville veterans group leaders propose moving Veterans Memorial Wall

[thelakelander]

The black granite Veterans Memorial Wall chiseled with more than 1,700 names has stood in Jacksonville's sports complex since 1995, surrounded by parking lots near TIAA Bank Field.

Metropolitan Park on the other side of Bay Street has acres of grassy lawn populated with shade trees.

As Jacksonville decides how to use riverfront land from Metropolitan Park to the Shipyards, leaders of the Duval County Veterans Council are floating the idea of renaming the site Veterans Memorial Park and relocating the memorial wall there.

Full article: https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/local/2021/08/28/downtown-jacksonville-riverfront-study-looks-moving-veterans-wall/5608742001/

[Charles Hunter]

The original concept of the local Veterans Wall was to list the names of the deceased by the high school they attended. At some point, that was abandoned, and the new names are added to new panels at either end of the wall each Memorial Day. I hope that when the wall is relocated, they take the opportunity either to return to the original concept or use some other method of ordering the names - perhaps by conflict.

[Zac T]

Moving the wall is fine but I don't see the need to rename the park considering we already have a very popular Memorial Park already

[thelakelander]

Yeah, I could do without another name change. However, I do agree that moving it would be good.

[Steve]

If we could do it, then great. However the reason it wasn't moved when the coliseum was demolished was because it was determined it would be cheaper to fully rebuild the wall from scratch then move it.

Now, technology is better in 2021 than it was in 2003. But, I'm skeptical of this.

[Charles Hunter]

If we could do it, then great. However the reason it wasn't moved when the coliseum was demolished was because it was determined it would be cheaper to fully rebuild the wall from scratch then move it.

Now, technology is better in 2021 than it was in 2003. But, I'm skeptical of this.

The original concept of the local Veterans Wall was to list the names of the deceased by the high school they attended. At some point, that was abandoned, and the new names are added to new panels at either end of the wall each Memorial Day. I hope that when the wall is relocated, they take the opportunity either to return to the original concept or use some other method of ordering the names - perhaps by conflict.

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