The first memorial to soldiers and military personnel who died in the U.S. war in Vietnam was dedicated in Charlottesville on April 20, 1966. Tomorrow the Dogwood Vietnam Memorial will be rededicated in the 58th annual ceremony beginning at 11 a.m. at McIntire Park.
“Parking will be in the field but you’ll be directed to enter in through the skate park going westbound/northbound on the bypass only,” said Supervisor Ann Mallek at Wednesday’s Board meeting.
The event is sponsored by the Dogwood Vietnam Memorial Foundation an organization founded in 2015 to raise funds to improve accessibility to the memorial’s relatively new position in McIntire Park. The structure was relocated to accommodate the John Warner Parkway.
The City of Charlottesville had anticipated putting $600,000 in capital funds toward a project to build a pedestrian bridge across the parkway to the memorial site, but the Virginia Department of Historic Resources will now contribute that funding. On Monday, Council held the first of two readings on a resolution to approve the pass-through funding.
City Council previously discussed the memorial issue on November 18, 2019. The image in this post comes from the packet for that meeting. View the staff report.
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