Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Wall — Attraction in Jacksonville

While the stone work is beautiful, and the names heartbreaking, my visit to this site was devastating, but not only for the reason you might be thinking. The site was in horrible condition, almost as if it haven’t be seen to in years. The water there was green and muddy with trash in the memorial pond, the stone needed to be pressure washed, and there was trash all over the place. It is honestly so disrespectful to those who laid their lives done to be honored like that. The least someone could do is make sure the memorial is in good condition year round. If you are going to have a memorial, you must keep it as nice as it was when you first had it made. Otherwise you have a site like this where all you are doing is saying those veterans aren’t worth...

This memorial is even beautiful at night. We passed this memorial as we were leaving the stadium. We never knew it was there. It's such a shame that something this important is not in a more prominent place in Jacksonville. Yes, the stadium gets visited by many people, but most of them are going to or coming from an event. How many people actually stop at the Wall? It was the flame of the unknown soldier that caught my eye.Otherwise we probably would not have noticed and...

For anyone interested in the history of war veterans here in our area, this is worth checking out. As with many veteran memorials covered in names like this one, the sheer volume of the list hits you almost immediately. Seeing the tiny font fill so much space on the memorial makes a bold and...