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MEET OUR MEMBERS

Appalachian Veterans Memorial Park

By CE1 (SCW) Ret: Ed Crenshaw: Project Manager Appalachian Veterans Memorial Park

Life Member of the Naval Enlisted Reserve Association, We are accepting donations of any size, as well as part-
CE1 (Ret) Ed Crenshaw along with other local VSO nering with companies and civic groups to help us build
members are partnering to build the “Appalachian Veterans the park. We are also selling bricks to remember mem-
Memorial Park” in Blairsville Georgia. bers, friends or relatives who may have served. All infor-
mation on donations and donor recognition and the
The Union County Georgia Commissioner has donated sale of bricks can be found by going to the web page at:
one acre of land within the County owned Meeks Park in TheVeteransPark.org. Any donation big or small will help
Blairsville, Georgia to build this beautiful park. A team of us build the park.
various Veterans and civic leaders have been formed and is
currently raising funds to build the Park. I am glad as a retired Seabee and Life Member of NERA
that I was asked to serve on this team to build this beau-
The park will have a 60-foot Compass Rose surrounded tiful Park.
by each Military Branch Monument with the American
flag at the forefront. There will be a pathway through the
park where each VSO will have their own monument.
The park was named the “Appalachian Veterans Memorial
Park” to take in a larger area of Veterans. All military
branches, VSO’s, military families, and donors will be
recognized in the park.

The Appalachian Veterans Memorial Park is a dedicated
space for residents, their families, loved-ones, members of
the community, and visitors to Meeks Park. Its purpose
is to remember those who are serving or have served our
nation’s military. The park will be a place of solitude, one
of retrospection, and a gathering place for the recognition
of honoring all military branches and Veterans Service
Organizations of Appalachia, located at the beautiful
Union County Georgia Meeks Park at 490 Meeks Park (Email: [email protected])
Road Blairsville GA.

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