Riverside salute Traditional Geocache
Kraizybear: Due to people complaining about wasps and someone posting a picture of the cache location im done with this one. It was a good run.
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My family and I often head to this riverside park to relax, disc golf and geocache. We walked by this area one day and I wanted to bring others to this great memorial. Be careful of muggles. There are plenty of places to sit and sign the log. Please bring a pen.
Columbia Park's Regional Veterans Memorial was built to honor all the veterans of Tri-Cities region. The memorial consists of one 40-foot column and 10 smaller ones, totaling 60 tons of granite.
"... The granite, excessed by the Department of Energy for the memorial, has a history that goes back to Cold War-era Hanford. It was quarried in California’s Sierra Nevada, acquired by the government in 1968, and shipped to Minnesota where the slabs were polished to precision tolerances. They were brought to Hanford’s 306 Building to be used as surface plates for precise measurements using laser interferometers, and they were used there until 1990. ..." [Hanford website, 2006]
"... The memorial consists of ten separate free-standing granite monoliths. A 40 foot granite column stands center, marked with a gold star with the American flag flying proudly at the top to represent the sacrifice of those who have died while in service to the country. Standing on the right side of the center column is a silver star column recognizing those who served in the military and on the left a blue star granite column recognizing those still in the service. The other granite columns placed within the 100’ diameter circular plaza adjacent to the Columbia River, displays bronze plaques that recognize the armed forces of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast guard and Merchant Marines. ..." [City of Kennewick website, 2006]
The primary column of the memorial is the largest freestanding piece of granite in the United States. The memorial was dedicated on May 14, 2004.
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