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Hawaii's Korean War Memorial, built at a cost of one million dollars, was dedicated on July 24, 1994.
It is located in downtown Honolulu on the State Capitol grounds under a canopy of Royal Poinciana and
Hawaiian native trees.
The memorial is a serpentine wall nearly 100 feet in length, 6 feet high and made of polished, black
granite capped with lava rocks. The wall is pedestaled - each pedestal being one foot square, allowing
friends or relatives to place flowers or mementos on them. Each pedestal bears the engraved names of
the 456 Hawaii men who died in the Korean War.
Every Thursday a veteran organization maintains the memorial by washing and polishing the wall and
cleaning the grounds.
Photos and information courtesy Louis Baldovi, Haneohe, Hawaii, June 2005. |
