HomeMy WebLinkAboutBVVM Fact Sheet 2011BRAZOS VALLEY VETERANS MEMORIAL
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
8 April 2011
“The mission of the Memorial for all Veterans of the Brazos Valley, Inc., is to take a proactive role in honoring veterans who have served in the uniformed services of the United States”
MEMORIAL FOR All VETERANS OF THE BRAZOS VALLEY, INC. was chartered as a non-profit corporation by the State of Texas on 17 July, 2000.
The web site is www.bvvm.org .
The Memorial is located on 12 acres in the VETERANS PARK & ATHLETIC COMPLEX in the heart of the Bryan and College Station community.
The Memorial was developed with generous support from the Cities of Bryan, College Station, Brazos County and numerous individuals, corporations and organizations.
Dedication of the Memorial took place on November 10 with former President George H. W. Bush speaking and on Veteran’s Day 11 November 2002 with several thousand in attendance.
The Veterans Memorial is located on the LOUIS L. ADAM MEMORIAL PLAZA. The memorial was designed by Robert Eccleston (Sculpture), Larry Schueckler (Landscape Architect).
The funding for the plaza site was made possible through a generous gift by Donald A. Adam in honor of his father.
The “War on Terror” memorial was dedicated on 31 May 2005.
The memorial honor wall was expanded and dedicated on 11November 2005.
The Lynn Stuart Pathway was dedicated on 22 September 2006 and was completed in 2009. The trail is 8’ wide concrete and is fully accessible to wheelchairs.
A matching grant from Texas Parks & Wildlife Department ($95,000) was approved for the pathway project on 30 January 2007. The project includes benches, 18 granite markers and 22 interpretive
panels. The trail was completed in the summer of 2009.
The “Travis B. Bryan, Jr. Freedom Pavilion” was dedicated on 19 February 2007 and it includes an electronic kiosk that provides detailed information.
This memorial is unique in that it honors all veterans from all eras and all branches of service (Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard & Merchant Marine).
The “Wall of Honor” contains 4,366 veteran’s names and there is space for approximately 6,000 additional names.
Names may be submitted throughout the year and a $100 donation is requested to cover the expenses associated with the process. August 15th is the deadline for names to be added for the
annual Veteran’s Day Ceremony.
The long-range plan calls for additional memorials to be located along the Lynn Stuart Pathway honoring the veterans of each of the 17 major wars in American history and the War for
Texas Independence.
Memorials for the American Revolution, War for Texas Independence and the Korean War were completed in 2010. Navasota artist, J. Payne Lara has been commissioned to complete these dramatic
and historically accurate statues.
Dedication of the first of five statues for the World War II memorial will take place on 7 December 2011.
The remaining memorials have not been designed nor has an order of priority been established at this time. Financial support is needed to complete these memorials.
The lasting value of this memorial is the education of future generations;
To share with them the fact that freedom comes at a great cost; and,
That freedom is not free.