Purpose of the Parkville Veterans Memorial
Honor—“a privilege”
Most Veterans consider a high privilege to have served our nation. So as we honor and thank them for their service, let us recognize that they considered their service a privilege.
It becomes our privilege to honor the servicemen and women represented by this monument and memorial.
Honor also eludes to “fulfilling an obligation”. Since our veterans fulfilled and are continuing to fulfill their obligations, this memorial and monument serves to satisfy our obligation to them. Although only partially, as we owe them all we can provide to them.
Reflection‐“serious thought or consideration”
This memorial and monument will hopefully provide a place of solace for the veterans and relatives to reflect on service and duty of those we honor.
It will be a place of thought, consideration, and reflection here in downtown Parkville. This will provide us with a serious way to permanently enshrine the memory of our heroes in our collective minds.
Reflection‐“serious thought or consideration”
This memorial and monument will hopefully provide a place of solace for the veterans and relatives to reflect on service and duty of those we honor.
It will be a place of thought, consideration, and reflection here in downtown Parkville. This will provide us with a serious way to permanently enshrine the memory of our heroes in our collective minds.
Remember‐“convey greetings from one person to another”
How we remember is important. How we memorialize our veterans is critical This memorial and monument will provide a permanent and positive habitat to enshrine in our memory, the lives of our veterans.
Memories are essential in a free society. Again, this perpetual memorial will endure through the ages to assure that we will not forget.
