Post-Vietnam Memorial Statue
by Joan Carroll
Title
Post-Vietnam Memorial Statue
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
On my way to somewhere else, the Irving (TX) Veterans Memorial Park caught my eye. It was the quiet of the early morning so I could easily do some 'creative driving' to get back to the park. It was a wonderful, quiet, an peaceful time to visit, especially as it was Memorial Day weekend. This statue commemorates the Post-Vietnam veterans and depicts a woman, the only woman so honored in the memorial. The completed memorial park was dedication on May 17, 2009. On the day of the dedication, a time capsule was sealed in this wall. The capsule is to be opened on Memorial Day, 2109. The wall behind the sculpture reads: "Irving and Post-Vietnam Wars :In the decades since the end of the Vietnam War, the United States has sent its armed forces into harm's way in numerous conflicts throughout the world. The causes of the actions have been many and varied, ranging from peacekeeping to famine relief to responses to terrorist attacks. The U.S. undertook major combat operation in 1990-1991 in the Gulf War, or Operation Desert Storm, where over 500,000 U.S. troops, along with a broad coalition of U.N. forces, pushed the invading Iraqi army out of Kuwait. Following the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2001, United States military forces deployed to Afghanistan in 2001 and to Iraq in 2003. Through the years, troops have engaged in smaller, but no less dangerous, combat missions in Grenada, Panama, and other troubled spots across the globe. U.S. military forces were used in a complex peacekeeping mission in Bosnia and as part of a U.N. relief mission in Somalia. In these deployments, large and small, Americans lost their lives while wearing their country's uniform. Several of them were from Irving. By 2009, Irving had become a city of business opportunity and excellent cultural programs, as well as the home of more than 200,000 residents. Yet, through all of the progress at home, one thing has remained constant: young men and women from Irving continue to fight and die in wars around the globe, and they will answer the call in conflicts as yet unforeseen. Their sacrifices will not be forgotten." Irving Veterans' Memorial Park is located at 644 Rock Island Road, adjacent to the Irving Central Library.
FEATURED PHOTO, Million Visitors Artists group, 10/13/19
FEATURED PHOTO, Your Story of Art group, 9/29/19
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